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Invitation to Tender for Tailored Learning Delivery 2026-29

EducationCPV 80000000

Value£424k

Deadline16 Sept 2026

Published13 Aug 2026

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 13 Aug 202628 days leftCloses 16 Sept 2026

Who to contact

commercialservices@herefordshire.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Herefordshire Council has published this contract opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£424ktotal contract value

median £84k

this tender£0£2.4m

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.

When this comes round again

Herefordshire Council publishes Education & Training work continuously — 61 notices, roughly one every 21 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

48% of Herefordshire Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Tender for the engagement with learners and delivery of non-accredited Tailored Learning opportunities within Herefordshire, in line with the council's priorities and priority groups.

Multiple contracts may be awarded.

Subject to the availability of budget, the Council intends to award contracts sequentially, commencing with the highest-ranked tenderer and continuing in descending order of ranking until the available budget has been allocated.

There is the potential for one or more partial awards to be made in limited circumstances.

Any partial award will be based on the rates, prices and terms submitted in the tender and will involve a proportionate reduction in the volume of delivery and price only.

Further details can be found in the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

12–20 daysof bid-team effort

£8.2k–£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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

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

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