---
title: "W7X - ECT - Dor - Path B"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078b26"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Somerset County Council"
published: "2026-10-19"
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# W7X - ECT - Dor - Path B

Buyer: Somerset County Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078b26

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## Summary

Somerset Council commissioned delivery of Skills Bootcamps for learners in Somerset and Dorset, under the Department for Education grant funding agreement. The work is adult and other education services: training providers deliver bootcamp courses rather than supplying goods or carrying out construction. The requirement covers delivery in both counties, giving it a cross-border local footprint. The published title includes internal shorthand, but the stated purpose is to engage providers to deliver Skills Bootcamps. Ellisoms Commercial Training Limited was selected to provide this training. This procurement therefore concerns organisations able to deliver adult skills training across the named areas and in line with the grant-funded programme, rather than general education services without a bootcamp delivery role.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to Ellisons Commercial Training Limited. Somerset Council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The award was made on 19 October 2026, with a contract period from 19 October 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its value is £47,064 excluding VAT (£56,476.80 including VAT). The requirement was organised as one lot, covering Skills Bootcamp delivery in Somerset and Dorset. The published information identifies the grant agreement as the basis for the delivery requirement; it does not set out an evaluation score or comparative award criteria. The award is recorded as active.

For training providers, this award demonstrates demand from Somerset Council for Skills Bootcamp delivery across Somerset and Dorset within a Department for Education-funded programme. A credible competitor would need the capability to plan and deliver adult skills training in both areas, and to align course delivery with the programme requirements and grant funding agreement. The selected supplier is a small and medium-sized training business, showing that this requirement was delivered by a specialist provider rather than requiring a large corporate supplier. Providers with suitable teaching capacity, local delivery reach and experience meeting publicly funded training obligations are the closest fit when this buyer needs comparable provision again. The council used a direct award without competition for this procurement, so this outcome does not demonstrate an open competitive evaluation route or criteria that other providers could rely on.

## Notice

Skills Bootcamps Delivery Agreements for training providers to delivery Skills Bootcamps within Somerset and Dorset as per the DfE grant funding agreement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098658-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 19 Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £47,064 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Somerset County Council |
| Locality | TAUNTON |
| Postcode area | Taunton |
| Postcode | TA1 4DY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset |
| ITL 3 | TLK62 Somerset |
| Local authority | Somerset |
| Electoral ward | Bishop's Hull & Taunton West |
| Westminster constituency | Taunton and Wellington |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Ellisons Commercial Training |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80400000 - Adult and other education services

## Release History

- 19 Oct 2026 at 16:39 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098658-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098658-2026
  19th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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