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title: "Skills and Entrepreneurship Programme"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05fed2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# Skills and Entrepreneurship Programme

Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05fed2

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## Summary

The Skills and Entrepreneurship Programme, commissioned by Essex County Council, relates to a public procurement contract in the services category. The programme is aimed at fostering entrepreneurship among 15-18-year-olds through practical business exercises. The contract was awarded to Earniversity, a supplier located in Newquay, UK, with the contracting process now in the award stage. The contract period commenced on 3rd November 2025 and is set to end on 2nd November 2026, with renewal options available. Procurement was conducted below the threshold with an award ceremony occurring as part of the programme's offerings. The procurement takes place in Chelmsford, Essex, within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom and involves interactive coaching and workshops.

This tender presents business growth opportunities for organisations specialising in educational, consultancy, or workshop delivery services. Businesses with expertise in online learning platforms, webinar hosting, or youth engagement initiatives will find this contract particularly relevant. The programme seeks to expand its reach to 120 additional participants and facilitate entrepreneurial activities, thus creating demand for content creation, reselling, and small enterprise management coaching. As the government strives to promote practical and modern educational solutions, small to medium-sized enterprises familiar with virtual programme delivery stand well placed to benefit from collaborating with public authorities like Essex County Council.

## Notice

Earniversity is a skills and entrepreneurship programme targeted at 15- 18 year old students to support them to earn money through modern, real- world means, e.g. reselling, content creation and other small businesses such as car washing and pet walking. Earniversity has been active in Essex for the last year and is an active partner with the North Essex Economic Board, delivering the Young Entreprenuers programme and Fast Track Challenge . The five week programme is delivered virtually during the evening to make it accessible to young people and includes live interactive coaching sessions, webinars, workshops and an Awards Ceremony. This waiver will enable the team to roll out the programme to an additional 120 young people through the delivery of 3 programmes targeted at 40 young people.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000074-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 3 Nov 2025 - 2 Nov 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £50,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CHELMSFORD |
| Post town | Chelmsford |
| Postcode | CM1 1QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex |
| ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex |
| Local authority | Chelmsford |
| Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Chelmsford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EARNIVERSITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

## Release History

- 2 Jan 2026 at 15:34 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000074-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000074-2026
  2nd January 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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