--- title: "New College Swindon (NCS) Subcontract delivery" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-068532" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-068532" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068532.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068532.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "NEW COLLEGE SWINDON" published: "2026-04-17" --- # New College Swindon (NCS) Subcontract delivery Buyer: NEW COLLEGE SWINDON Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-068532 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-068532) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-068532.json) ## Summary New College Swindon is commencing a procurement process for subcontract delivery, currently in the planning stage, which is scheduled to comply with the Procurement Act 2023 and its associated regulations. The key milestone is the engagement phase, planned to occur by 1 May 2026. This initiative aims to enhance education services within Swindon, UK, covering a wide array of educational and training services, such as further education courses, vocational training, and technical secondary education. With a procurement value of £5,500,000, up to £6,600,000, this process seeks to address skills gaps and improve teaching capacity within the college. Interested parties should anticipate a future notice by 11 May 2026, with active delivery scheduled from August 2026 to July 2027. This tender presents significant business opportunities for educational service providers, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) in the educational sector. As the process aims to identify providers capable of delivering quality education services, organisations with expertise in training services, vocational and technical education, and adult education will find this engagement appealing. Without competitive selection criteria in the pre-market engagement, this is an ideal opportunity for providers to understand and influence the requirements, fostering growth and strategic alignment with New College Swindon's academic objectives. Businesses with innovative solutions in education delivery are encouraged to participate, promising potential for strategic partnerships and expansion within the Swindon area. ## Notice The purpose of this pre-market engagement is to identify providers who have the capacity and experience to deliver a range of 16-19 and further education courses. Providers will be addressing specific skills and teaching and learning capacity gaps within NCS to ensure that all 16-19 and further education learners within the Swindon area can access robust educational provision in their chosen fields. This is not a competitive procurement, there will be no selection criteria applied nor is engagement in PME a prerequisite for tender. This process is designed to provide an opportunity for NCS to identify and engage with providers in advance of tender to refine requirements to ensure the procurement principles of fairness and transparency are met, and most importantly best outcomes for learners are delivered. Where responses to PME require further discussion NCS will engage with those providers individually and as required. All information provided at PME is indicative only. Indicative values provided have been based on previous years and should not be relied upon for the 26/27 year. Values will be subject to funding and NCS strategy and confirmed at Tender in May 2026. ### Planning Information The Contracting Authority will conduct the procurement in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and the associated regulations, ensuring compliance with the statutory objectives. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035140-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Apr 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 11 May 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £5,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | NEW COLLEGE SWINDON | | Locality | SWINDON | | Post town | Swindon | | Postcode | SN3 1AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | | ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon | | Local authority | Swindon | | Electoral ward | Walcot and Park North | | Westminster constituency | Swindon South | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services - 80211000 - Technical secondary education services - 80212000 - Vocational secondary education services - 80300000 - Higher education services - 80340000 - Special education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80500000 - Training services ## Release History - 17 Apr 2026 at 11:15 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035140-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035140-2026 17th April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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