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EDC_5249_Employability Programme

EducationCPV 80500000

Value£67k

Deadline25 Aug 2026

Published12 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 12 Aug 20266 days leftCloses 25 Aug 2026

Who to contact

procurement@ebbsfleetdc.org.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£67ktotal contract value

median £84k

this tender£0£2.4m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Education & Training band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation has published 4 Education & Training notices, about every 23 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around July 2028.

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The brief

EDC wishes to appoint a supplier for the provision of a new targeted intervention employability programme to assist local residents into work: Aspire - The Skills Accelerator Programme.

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5–9 daysof bid-team effort

£3.4k–£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Compressed window — start the same week

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