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title: "COV - 8132 - Coventry Music - Music Tutor DPS Award Notice"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0789e5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Coventry City Council"
published: "2026-10-16"
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# COV - 8132 - Coventry Music - Music Tutor DPS Award Notice

Buyer: Coventry City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0789e5

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## Summary

Coventry City Council buys external music tutoring to support music education and delivery of services across Coventry. The work covers individual or small-group tuition, whole-class teaching and ensembles, and music curriculum delivery. Tutors work in Coventry schools, the community and professional partner venues, helping the council recruit and retain high-quality music tutors. This is education and training services (CPV 80000000). The arrangement is a dynamic purchasing system for music tutor services, rather than a single defined teaching project, and provides a route for the council to engage tutors across these settings and forms of provision.

The process is complete and the contract was signed on 30 September 2026. Three suppliers were selected: Ludovic Merkelbach, Liam Halloran and Melinda Toparti. The reported contract value is £70,807.58. The covered award notice period was 1 July to 30 September 2026; the dynamic purchasing system has a stated validity of five years from commencement, extended by an increment of up to three further years, and expires no later than 31 August 2028. The procurement used an open procedure and a framework-style purchasing arrangement. The three lots—individual or small-group tuition, whole-class or ensemble tuition, and music curriculum—are all marked cancelled. Their stated evaluation gave quality 100% and cost 0%. Five bids were received, all from small and medium-sized enterprises and all submitted electronically.

This award shows that Coventry City Council uses external tutors for school, community and professional-venue music provision, including individual tuition, group and ensemble teaching, and curriculum work. Suppliers best placed to compete when this requirement returns will be able to deliver high-quality music teaching across these settings and formats, and to retain suitably capable tutors. The previous competition placed the full stated evaluation emphasis on quality rather than cost, so strong teaching quality and the ability to evidence it are central to credibility. The five bids were all from SMEs, and the selected suppliers were individual tutors; this indicates that small providers and sole practitioners can take part in this purchasing route. Suppliers should be able to meet the council’s varied delivery needs across Coventry.

## Notice

This is a "pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System" under the Light Touch Regime to support the recruitment and retention of external high-quality music tutors to work in Coventry schools, the community, and in professional partner venues helping to deliver an excellent service for the City. The 'Period of Validity' of the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will be five (5) years from commencement and has been extended by a further increment, to a total of up to a further three (3) years, with an expiry date of no later than 31 August 2028. To apply, please visit https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home This award notice is to cover the period of 01.07.26 to 30.09.26

### Lot Information

Individual/Small group tuition

Individual / Small-group tuition

Whole-class / ensembles

Whole-class / ensembles

Music curriculum

Music curriculum

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098102-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Dynamic, Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| 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 | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £70,807 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Coventry City Council |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Postcode area | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 5RR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | St Michael's |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry South |
| Delivery location | TLG33 Coventry |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | Ludovic Merkelbach; Liam Halloran; Melinda Toparti |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 16 Oct 2026 at 15:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098102-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.coventry.gov.uk
- https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/midlands/home
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:059648-2024:TEXT:EN:HTML

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