Published date: 11 June 2025

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


Closing: 31 December 2023, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vocational training services - 80530000

Location of contract

IP13 7SR

Value of contract

£230,000

Procurement reference

SCC0115SLL

Published date

11 June 2025

Closing date

31 December 2023

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Suffolk County Council has awarded apprenticeship training contracts through established public sector frameworks, specifically the YPO and CCS Dynamic Purchasing Systems. 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 providers demonstrated the best overall fit for delivering apprenticeship training to support the Council's early careers strategy.

Award information

Awarded date

4 January 2024

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 January 2026

Total value of contract

£230,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Blue Sky Assessing

Address

Unit B1 Moat Park

Framlingham Road

Earl Soham

Suffolk

IP13 7SR

Reference

Companies House number: 09020761

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Isla Bliss

Address

Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road,
Ipswich
Ip1 2BX
England

Email

isla.bliss@suffolk.gov.uk