Published date: 20 December 2016

This notice was replaced on 14 March 2017

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 14 March 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

DN231261

Published date

20 December 2016

Closing date

18 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This contract ("the Contract") is for the provision of Community Learning opportunities for adults aged 19+. Durham County Council's Adult Learning and Skills Service receive funding from the Skills Funding Agency for the provision of Community Learning. The Adult Learning & Skills Service is designated as the 'Provider' of this learning through provision that it secures by means of contracts with delivery organisations.

Durham County Council's Adult Learning & Skills Service is pleased to encourage bids to the Community Learning (CL) fund. Bidders to the fund will be asked as part of their submission to design and cost appropriate, innovative Community Learning programmes for learners across County Durham. Bidders can apply for funding opportunities from December 2016 with delivery starting in February 2017.


PLEASE NOTE that the tender documents are available for you to access and download for free on the NEPO Procontract tendering portal www.nepoportal.org.

More information

Additional text

Please note that you can access the Tender documents which are available to download for free on www.nepoportal.org using Procontract reference DN231261. The NEPO helpdesk telephone number is 0191 261 3940 if you have problems with the Procontract system in accessing and downloading the documents.

About the buyer

Address

County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UL
England

Email

kay.duthie@durham.gov.uk