Published date: 16 January 2026

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


Closing: 17 December 2025, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vocational training services - 80530000

Location of contract

ip12bx

Value of contract

£18,000 to £180,000

Procurement reference

SCC00162IB

Published date

16 January 2026

Closing date

17 December 2025

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

18 December 2025

Contract end date

18 December 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 Gingernut Media Ltd through established public sector frameworks, specifically the YPO framework. 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

18 December 2025

Contract start date

18 December 2025

Contract end date

18 December 2027

Total value of contract

£180,000

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

Email

Rising.High@suffolk.gov.uk