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title: "Lakes College Higher Education"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0783ca"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Sellafield Ltd"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# Lakes College Higher Education

Buyer: Sellafield Ltd  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0783ca

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## Summary

Sellafield Limited is arranging higher and further education provision through Lakes College. The service is intended to maintain continuity for learners already enrolled on programmes, allowing them to complete their qualifications without disruption or changes to their learning environment. The requirement covers personal development training services, with delivery in the United Kingdom. This is education provision for existing learners rather than a general training offer: suppliers whose work supports higher or further education programmes and learner progression are the closest fit. The procurement is described as Lakes College Higher Education and concerns the college’s ongoing delivery of those programmes for Sellafield Limited.

The procurement is complete and awarded to Lakes College, selected by direct award without competition under a below-threshold route. The award date is 8 October 2026. The stated contract period runs from 22 October 2026 to 29 August 2030; a separate award entry gives an end date of 31 August 2030. The award value is £1,365,122.66 excluding VAT, or £1,638,147.20 including VAT. There is one lot, covering the education service. The stated purpose of the direct award is continuity for learners already undertaking programmes, so they can complete their qualifications in their existing learning environment. The award is recorded as active, following the completed procurement.

For providers competing when Sellafield Limited next requires this specific type of education service, credibility will depend on the ability to sustain higher and further education programmes for learners already enrolled, and to protect continuity through to qualification. The selected supplier is Lakes College, an established college provider; a competitor should therefore be able to demonstrate relevant programme delivery, learner support and the operational capacity to maintain an existing learning environment over a multi-year commitment. The buyer’s stated rationale makes dependable continuation—not simply the availability of training courses—central to the requirement. This is a substantial, multi-year education services arrangement, so suppliers would need the capacity to support a continuing cohort and deliver programmes reliably at that scale.

## Notice

Sellafield Ltd are putting a direct award in place with Lakes College for a period of Five years to ensure continuity of provision for learners who are already enrolled on Higher Education and Further Education programmes. There are a number of learners currently on programme. As these programmes span numerous years, it is important that learners are able to complete their qualifications without unnecessary disruption or changes to their learning environment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095231-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,365,122 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active, Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sellafield Ltd |
| Locality | WARRINGTON |
| Postcode area | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA3 6GR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Birchwood |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Lakes College |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80570000 - Personal development training services

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 14:00 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095231-2026
- 8 Oct 2026 at 13:53 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095221-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095231-2026
  8th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095221-2026
  8th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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