Buyer
Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT)
The tender notices in our corpus from Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT), newest first, read from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Each links to its own page and to the original.
- Notices in the corpus
- 17Counted in the corpus search index when this page was read, across every stage (forecast, tender, award, contract). The index is refreshed by the corpus, so the newest notices may be missing for a while.Counted at Fri 23 Oct 2026, 02:50 BST.
- Newest notice published
- 16 Oct 2026
- Buyer type
- OtherThe corpus’s classification from the buyer name, as supplied.
- Read the buyer’s published records, newest first.
- Separate planning, live opportunities and historical outcomes.
- Read the original lot, value basis and documents.
- Investigate relevance before authorising response work.
Which notices has this buyer published?
Open notices are live tenders and forecasts. All notices also include historical ones: awarded, closed or past their deadline.
- Career Learning Platform and Associated ServicesOrmiston Academies Trust (OAT) · Published 16 Oct 2026The objective of this PME is not to seek formal tenders, but to gather information, insights and feedback from the market, that will help to: • Refine our understanding of Career Learning Platform solutions which maximise benefit in the context of the Multi-Academy-Trust sector; • Identify potential£680,400Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Enterprise Service Desk SolutionOrmiston Academies Trust (OAT) · Published 17 Jul 2026We're a multi-academy trust of 45 academies and over 5000 staff wanting one service desk not just for IT, but for support requests, casework and compliance. Show us your vision for that - what does a trust-wide service desk look like at its best? Please complete and submit the attached questionnaire£300,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) - Integrated HR and payroll systemOrmiston Academies Trust (OAT) · Published 27 Apr 2026The objective of this PME is not to seek formal tenders, but to gather information, insights and feedback from the market, that will help to: • Refine our understanding of integrated HR and payroll solutions which maximise benefit in the context of the Multi-Academy-Trust sector; • Identify potentia£1,423,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Examination Boards - Preliminary Market EngagementOrmiston Academies Trust (OAT) · Published 24 Jul 2025The purpose of this engagement is to gather information from potential suppliers to inform Ormiston Academies Trust's Exam Board procurement strategy and requirements.£3,500,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Safeguarding Systems Questionnaire - Prior Information Notice (PIN)Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT) · Published 3 Aug 2023Supplier Market Questionnaire re Safeguarding SystemsValue not stated in sourceForecast · Planning
What has this buyer published most recently?
This preview follows the current page’s record order. It is a sample, not a complete history or a forecast.
- 01
Career Learning Platform and Associated Services
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 02
Enterprise Service Desk Solution
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 03
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) - Integrated HR and payroll system
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 04
Examination Boards - Preliminary Market Engagement
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 05
Safeguarding Systems Questionnaire - Prior Information Notice (PIN)
Value not stated in source
How should you check a record before using it?
Follow its notice page to the original publication, then read the current document and value basis.
A published amount may describe a contract, lot or framework ceiling. The wording beside each record states the basis supplied by the source.
Publications: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
- Open the linked tender page and its original publication, where recorded.
- Separate publication, award and response dates.
- Read the value basis; a framework ceiling is not money spent.
- Use the named organisation; do not merge a group parent by assumption.
How much time should you allow to review this page?
Multiply the visible record count by your own review time. Follow-up documents are extra work.
Plan this page’s review
5 records on this page × your minutes per record.
Five minutes is an illustration. Later pages and linked documents are additional work.
- First record5
- Remaining records on this page20
What should you investigate first?
Check the notice’s stage and scope before treating it as available work.
- Record01
Open one relevant notice
Keep its identifier and original publication together. - Context02
Separate invitation from outcome
Planning and award notices are not current invitations. - Evidence03
Read the current documents
Follow scope, lots and updates; resolve missing information through the buyer. - Decision04
Record why it matters
Keep facts separate from eligibility or future-demand assumptions. - Action05
Name a useful follow-up
Decide whether preparation work is justified.
An editorial review sequence, not a buyer timetable or predicted cycle.
What can you safely conclude from these records?
Use the facts each record states. A page of notices or awards does not establish market share, a win rate or future demand.
Review the recorded limitations below. Missing data stays missing, and organisations are linked only when the corpus supplies a page key.
- The corpus and this page are bounded views of published records.
- No organisation-wide spend or awarded-value total is calculated here.
- A named buyer link is not evidence of a wider group relationship.
- Past records do not establish the next opportunity’s date or value.
Where can you investigate next?
Use the guides to resolve the notice stage, framework or evidence question.
| Next record or guide | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Search Contracts Finder records | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Separate frameworks from contracts | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check the invitation’s stage | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check security evidence | Understand the next part of the bid |
The next decision needs a record someone can check.
What is the useful next action?
Open a relevant notice and establish whether there is work your team should investigate.
Keep the source, uncertainty and decision together.
Explore current and past tenders →- Locate a relevant published notice.
- Follow original documents and the stage.
- Resolve evidence and delivery questions.
- Keep a specific action and its reasons.
What are the limits of this record?
- Notices are linked to this buyer by a slug made from the buyer name on each notice. A notice that writes the name differently may be under another buyer, or none.
- Buyer type is the corpus's classification from the buyer name, not an official category.
Where was this record read?
- Buyer
- ormiston-academies-trust-oat
- Read at
- Fri 23 Oct 2026, 02:50 BST
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