Adult Skills and Learning DPS
Crown Commercial Service
- Estimated value
- £1,000,000,000
- VAT not stated
- Where
- England-wide
- Buyer in North West England
- Trade
- Training and education services
- Education and training services
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 24 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 508 full UK working days before the closing day, Fri 27 Oct 2028 (England and Wales bank holidays left out).
- Value
- £1bn is among the largest tenth of the 87 open training and education tenders that state a value (median £1.16m).
- This buyer
- 17 more open tenders from Crown Commercial Service listed here.
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Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to support the provision of Adult Learning and Skills requirements that can be utilised by all public sector organisations, for example, Combined Authorities, Devolved…
- Buyer
- Crown Commercial Service
- Buyer’s region
- North West England
- Where the work is
- North East England, North West England, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East England, South West England
- Listed on Evendraft under
- England-wide tenders (a national buyer)
- Published
- 16 Jul 2024
- Tender deadline
- 27 Oct 2028, 00:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £1,000,000,000 (VAT not stated)
- Trade
- Training and education services
- CPV codes
- 80000000 Education and training services
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)Two stages: apply to take part first; shortlisted suppliers are invited to tender.
- Framework
- No
- Lots
- Not divided into lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Yes
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (estimated value over £1m)Good for small firms means the buyer marked it suitable for small businesses, the estimated value is £1m or less (or not stated), it is open to new suppliers, and it is not a framework with more than 20 places. Tenders where the buyer didn't say are left out.
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