---
title: "Apprenticeship Training"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078f44"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Sunderland City Council"
published: "2026-10-23"
---

# Apprenticeship Training

Buyer: Sunderland City Council  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078f44

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## Summary

Sunderland City Council intends to procure apprenticeship training services for delivery in Sunderland. The stated scope is the provision of apprenticeship training, covering education and training services. The procurement is divided into one lot and is intended to operate as a framework agreement, providing a route for training provision over the planned contract period. The work is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and for voluntary, community and social enterprises. This may suit providers able to deliver apprenticeship training locally and support the council’s workforce or learners through structured training programmes. The procurement is currently at the planning stage: the council has set out its intention to buy these services, but has not yet invited bids.

The procurement is at planning stage, following preliminary market engagement. Sunderland City Council expects to use a framework agreement for one lot. The planned contract period runs from 21 January 2027 to 20 November 2031. A scheduled engagement milestone is dated 2 November 2027; this is an indicative planning milestone, not a bid submission deadline. The process is identified as a light-touch services procurement and is above the relevant threshold. No estimated contract value or budget is stated. The council has not yet published an invitation to tender, so suppliers should treat the procurement approach and timetable as planning information rather than settled tender requirements. Evaluation criteria and participation conditions have not yet been set out.

The council has identified the work as suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises, making it potentially relevant to both specialist apprenticeship providers and smaller training organisations. Providers with the ability to deliver apprenticeship training in Sunderland and to support learners throughout a multi-year framework are likely to be well placed when the procurement reaches the market. The planned framework route may suit organisations able to provide training repeatedly over its term, rather than only for a single short engagement. The stated scope does not identify particular apprenticeship standards, qualifications, accreditations, staffing levels or minimum experience requirements, so suppliers should avoid assuming these are already defined. The preliminary market engagement milestone indicates that the buyer is undertaking engagement before the tender stage; interested providers can use the cited engagement reference to find further information and prepare for the later competition.

## Notice

Provision of Apprenticeship Training

### Planning Information

Further information can be found www.open-uk.org Reference Number:
OPEN-PR-23102026110625389

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100595-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 21 Jan 2027 - 20 Nov 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 | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sunderland City Council |
| Locality | SUNDERLAND |
| Postcode area | Sunderland |
| Postcode | SR1 3AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC44 Sunderland |
| Local authority | Sunderland |
| Electoral ward | Millfield |
| Westminster constituency | Sunderland Central |
| Delivery location | TLC23 Sunderland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 23 Oct 2026 at 14:50 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100595-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100595-2026
  23rd October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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