---
title: "Adult Skills Fund - Preparation for Devolution"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077d1b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Portsmouth City Council"
published: "2026-09-30"
---

# Adult Skills Fund - Preparation for Devolution

Buyer: Portsmouth City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077d1b

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## Summary

Portsmouth City Council commissioned a training programme funded through the Adult Skills Fund, delivering Free Courses for Jobs. The requirement is for education and training services, with delivery in the Portsmouth area. The programme sits within the council’s preparation for devolution work and is intended to provide free courses for eligible learners. The supplier is City of Portsmouth College Enterprises Ltd. This is a focused adult skills and vocational training requirement rather than a general education contract; suppliers whose work centres on designing and delivering job-related courses for adults are the closest fit.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to City of Portsmouth College Enterprises Ltd. The contract was signed on 17 September 2026 and runs from 17 September 2026 to 31 July 2027. Its value is £62,231 including VAT. The requirement was arranged as one lot and used a below-threshold procurement route; the specific method is recorded as unknown. The tender is marked complete and the award and contract are active. The published details do not state an award date or evaluation criteria, so the basis on which the supplier was selected cannot be described further.

For a supplier considering similar adult skills work with Portsmouth City Council, credibility would rest on the ability to deliver Adult Skills Fund-supported Free Courses for Jobs. Relevant providers are those with the teaching capacity and operational capability to run vocational courses for adult learners in the Portsmouth area, and to deliver a defined programme through the council’s skills-funding arrangements. The awarded supplier is a college enterprise, indicating that a local further-education provider can meet this requirement. This was a single-lot, below-threshold service at a focused programme scale, so a prospective competitor should be equipped to deliver the specified training requirement without relying on a large, multi-lot contract model.

## Notice

To deliver a ASF funded training programme - Free Courses for Jobs

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092169-2026 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 17 Sep 2026 - 31 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £62,231 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Portsmouth City Council |
| Locality | PORTSMOUTH |
| Postcode area | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO1 2AL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ31 Portsmouth |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
| Electoral ward | Charles Dickens |
| Westminster constituency | Portsmouth South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH COLLEGE ENTERPRISES LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 30 Sep 2026 at 09:56 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092169-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092169-2026
  30th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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