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Somerset Council

Somerset Council Apprenticeship Services Provision

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£4.0m
Deadline27 Feb 2026
Published27 Jan 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 27 Jan 2026ClosedCloses 27 Feb 2026
Who to contact
commercialandprocurement@somerset.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

All details can be found within the tender documents published on https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login# search using the procurement reference EPRO1000390

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£4.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£4.3m

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

Somerset Council publishes Education & Training work continuously — 15 notices, roughly one every 24 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

The purpose of this procurement is to contract with multiple providers to deliver an Apprenticeship Service to eligible people.

The Authority requires a service provider, or providers, to manage the delivery of its Apprenticeship programme.

The Apprenticeships to be provided via this procurement exercise are funded via the Authority's Apprenticeship Levy.

Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The purpose of this procurement is

The purpose of this procurement is to contract with multiple providers to deliver an Apprenticeship Service to eligible people.

02

Applicants must be able to access Education

Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Apprenticeshipssays mustPolicies & commitments
Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061007
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
007239-2026
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