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North East Lincolnshire Borough Council

Flexible Alternative Provision Framework

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£20.0m
Deadline7 Aug 2026
Published3 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 3 Jul 202614 days leftCloses 7 Aug 2026
Who to contact
procurement@nelincs.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Submission must only be made via the Authority's e-tender portal, YORtender, under the opportunity reference number 100110435. https://yortender.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=YORTENDER

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£21.6m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

North East Lincolnshire Council (the Authority) is establishing a Flexible Alternative Provision Framework to ensure that children and young people who require time‑limited education outside of school can access high‑quality, safe, and purposeful alternative educational provision.

This is an Open Framework, and the Authority is inviting tenders for the first framework in the scheme.

The Invitation to Tender is structured into five (5) Lots.

Lot 1 - Engagement Pathways Lot 2 - Targeted Learning and Progression Lot 3 - Digital Schooling Provision Lot 4 - Vocational Training and Life Skills Preparation Lot 5 - Ofsted Registered Independent Alternative Provision

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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North East Lincolnshire Council (the Authority) is

North East Lincolnshire Council (the Authority) is establishing a Flexible Alternative Provision Framework to ensure that children and young people who require time‑limited education outside of school can access high‑quality, safe, and purposeful alternative educational provision.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f4f7
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
062793-2026
View the original notice on Find a Tender

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