Published date: 28 February 2025

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 March 2025, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Higher education services - 80300000

  • Youth education services - 80310000

    • Special education services - 80340000

    • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

B91 1SB

Value of contract

£0 to £480,000

Procurement reference

IT-399-3085-ASFP_0225

Published date

28 February 2025

Closing date

17 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

7 April 2025

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The tender requirement is for a contract for the provision of Adult Education Budget 'AEB' related inside the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) region. There is no set provision required, however, courses offered should complement, not compete with Solihull College and University Centre provision and have clear progression routes to College provision. The contract will be a fixed term contract starting 07 April 2025 with a completion of all teaching and learning by 31 July 2025. The total value currently of expenditure is anticipated as up to ?600k AEB income of which ?480k will be awarded to subcontract provision in three stages. Please see the Guidance document in the tender pack for further details.

More information

Links

  • Additional information on how to apply for this contract

Additional text

All documentation is available for download (free of charge) from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home Please register on this site to participate in this procurement process.

Delivery Notes

Please see the Guidance in the Tender pack

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Anna Manns

Address

Blossomfield Campus
Blossomfield Road
Solihull
B91 1SB
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1216787228

Email

anna.manns@solihull.ac.uk