---
title: "Educational Visits Advisory Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0789c5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Salford City Council"
published: "2026-10-16"
---

# Educational Visits Advisory Service

Buyer: Salford City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0789c5

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## Summary

Salford City Council procured an Educational Visits Advisory Service, a specialist education advisory service supporting the council’s educational visits activity. The service falls within education and training services. Delivery is in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. The contract was awarded to The North Yorkshire Council. This is a council-to-council service arrangement rather than a purchase of physical goods or construction work, and the requirement centres on advisory support for educational visits. The published scope identifies the service at this level, without breaking it down into specific tasks or outputs.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Salford City Council made a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition, under the light-touch regime. The North Yorkshire Council was selected as the supplier. The contract was signed on 20 August 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028. Its value is £82,319 excluding VAT and £98,782.80 including VAT. The requirement was arranged as a single lot. The available process information does not give an evaluation basis, eligibility conditions or a competitive assessment; the stated route was an award without competition.

For a supplier seeking to compete for a comparable requirement from Salford City Council, the relevant capability is delivering specialist education advice focused on educational visits. The award demonstrates that the council buys this service through a direct, below-threshold route without competition, rather than a published competitive evaluation. A credible future provider would need to show that it can deliver reliable advisory support in this specific area and work effectively with a local authority. The selected provider is another large council, suggesting that public-sector experience and the organisational capacity to sustain a multi-year service may be relevant. Keep the offer closely tied to educational visits advice; broader education or training provision alone would not establish a fit with this requirement.

## Notice

Provision of an Education Advisory service

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098063-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details 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 | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £82,319 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Salford City Council |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode area | Manchester |
| Postcode | M27 5DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Electoral ward | Swinton & Wardley |
| Westminster constituency | Worsley and Eccles |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | North Yorkshire Council |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 16 Oct 2026 at 15:08 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098063-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098063-2026
  16th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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