Published date: 31 October 2025

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 October 2025, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vocational training services - 80530000

Location of contract

IP1 2BX

Value of contract

£15,000 to £150,000

Procurement reference

SCC0154IB

Published date

31 October 2025

Closing date

1 October 2025

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

2 October 2025

Contract end date

2 October 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Suffolk County Council has awarded apprenticeship training services to Ginger Nut Training through established public sector frameworks, specifically the YPO service. Learning providers submitted bids which were filtered based on the Council's service requirements. These bids were then evaluated against pre-defined criteria including quality of provision, value for money, and alignment with learner needs. The successful provider demonstrated the best overall fit for delivering apprenticeship training to support the Council's early careers strategy.

Award information

Awarded date

2 October 2025

Contract start date

2 October 2025

Contract end date

2 October 2027

Total value of contract

£150,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED

Address

37 Queen Street, Colchester, Essex, England, CO1 2PQ

Reference

Companies House number: 07392472

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Vicky Archer

Address

Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road,
Ipswich
IP1 2BX
England

Telephone

01473265135

Email

rising.high@suffolk.gov.uk