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East Renfrewshire Council

Provision of Outdoor Residential, Curriculum & Duke of Edinburgh Awards Expeditions

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£2.7m
Deadline10 Sept 2026
Published10 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Aug 202622 days leftCloses 10 Sept 2026
Who to contact
vanessa.fordyce@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
+44 1415778590

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
£2.7mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£3.0m

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

East Renfrewshire Council has published 5 Education & Training notices, about every 5 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around January 2027.

52% of East Renfrewshire Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Lot 1 - Outdoor residential education visits Lot 2 - Curriculum residential Lot 3 - Duke of Edinburgh Award Expeditions Top 5 suppliers will be awarded to each lot after evaluation This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender portal (PCS-T).

We will apply a one stage Open procedure.

Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award.

Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T.

The Value shown in this notice is excluding VAT

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Bidders must self-certify their adherence to

Bidders must self-certify their adherence to the conditions of participation via the SPD (Scotland) in PSC-T, and may be required to submit Means of Proof before contract award.

02

Bidders must refer to the specific requirements

Bidders must refer to the specific requirements listed in Section III in this OJEU Contract Notice when completing the SPD in PCS-T.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£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-06e00b
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
075694-2026
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