Modern Apprenticeship Services - Learning Provider and Employer 2027-2028
Skills Development Scotland Ltd
- Estimated value
- £320,000,000
- Excluding VAT
- Where
- Scotland
- Buyer in Scotland
- Trade
- Training and education services
- Education and training services
- Documents
- On Public Contracts Scotland
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Worked out by Evendraft from the notice’s own data, on 29 Oct 2026. The official notice is the one to rely on.
- Time to bid
- 23 full UK working days before the closing day, Thu 3 Dec 2026 (Scotland bank holidays left out).
- Time allowed
- The buyer allowed 35 days from publication to the closing day: longer than the median for open training and education tenders (31 days).
- Value
- £320m is among the largest tenth of the 81 open training and education tenders that state a value (median £1.92m).
- This buyer
- 1 more open tender from Skills Development Scotland Ltd listed here.
- Lots
- Divided into 2 lots. The documents say whether you can bid for one, several or all.
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About this tender
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Modern Apprenticeships (MA) Services for starts for year 2027-2028, plus optional two up to 12 month extension periods for 2028-2029 and 2029-2030.
- Official notice
- Find a Tender, notice 102503-2026
- Buyer
- Skills Development Scotland Ltd
- Buyer’s region
- Scotland
- Where the work is
- Scotland
- Listed on Evendraft under
- Scotland
- Published
- 29 Oct 2026
- Tender deadline
- 3 Dec 2026, 12:00 UK time
- Estimated value
- £320,000,000 (excluding VAT)
- Trade
- Training and education services
- CPV codes
- 80000000 Education and training services
- 80400000 Adult and other education services
- 80500000 Training services
- Procedure
- Open procedureOne stage: any supplier can send a full tender.
- Framework
- Not stated on the notice
- Lots
- 2 lots
- Suitable for small businesses The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Suitable for charities and social enterprises The buyer’s answer
- Not stated on the notice
- Good for small firms Evendraft’s filter
- No (not marked suitable for small businesses by the buyer; 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.
- Documents
- On Public Contracts Scotland
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