---
title: "Lancashire Teaching Agency (LTA) - provision of supply services to schools - re-tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0781ec"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0781ec.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Lancashire County Council"
published: "2026-10-06"
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# Lancashire Teaching Agency (LTA) - provision of supply services to schools - re-tender

Buyer: Lancashire County Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0781ec

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## Summary

Lancashire County Council plans to procure a supply staffing service for schools across Lancashire. The service is intended to fill permanent, long- and short-term vacancies with full- and part-time supply teachers, teaching assistants and other school support staff. It is expected to provide specialist recruitment, matching each school’s needs with the skills of available staff, alongside training and safeguarding checks to ensure staff meet current requirements. The work is categorised as personnel supply services. Delivery is across Lancashire.

This procurement is at the planning stage: the council has announced its intention to procure, but there is no invitation to tender yet. The next notice is expected on 1 December 2026. The planned contract period runs from 1 September 2027 to 30 August 2031, with a possible extension taking the maximum period to 30 August 2035. The procurement is presented as one lot. No procedure, evaluation criteria or estimated value is stated here.

The work is likely to suit recruitment and staffing providers able to source teachers, teaching assistants and a broad range of school support staff for Lancashire schools. Suppliers should be prepared to meet varied permanent and temporary staffing needs and to match staff skills to individual schools’ requirements. The service is also expected to include staff training and robust safeguarding practices that keep supplied personnel compliant with current requirements. The procurement identifies social-value evaluation and ongoing contract-management support as part of the future contract, so suppliers should be ready to deliver and evidence social-value commitments as well as manage staffing provision.

## Notice

The provision of full and part time supply teachers, teaching assistants and all support staff roles to schools within the Lancashire boarder to fulfil permanent, long- and short term vacancy needs. The LTA will offer a specialist recruitment service to best match the needs of the school to the skills of the supply staff, providing training and rigorous safeguarding practices to ensure all staff are compliant with current requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094387-2026 |
| Notice type | UK1 - Pipeline Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2027 - 31 Aug 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Lancashire County Council |
| Locality | PRESTON |
| Postcode area | Preston |
| Postcode | PR1 0LD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD4 Lancashire |
| ITL 3 | TLD45 Mid Lancashire |
| Local authority | Preston |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Preston |
| Delivery location | TLD4 Lancashire |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

## Release History

- 6 Oct 2026 at 15:43 - Planning - UK1 - Pipeline Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094387-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/094387-2026
  6th October 2026 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

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