271 - Coleg Gwent skills partnership contract and quality framework - expressions of interest
Estimated value
£22.0m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
2
Published
10 Jun 2026
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Description
This is to give the market notice that we are hoping to release a tender for a framework for Skills Partnership suppliers in a weeks time. there will be 2 lots . Lot 1 is for NVQ's, and lot 2 is for Personal learning or upskill or reskill employed learners. We aim to release the tender in a weeks time, the framework will be an open framework for one year, which will be closed, then opened after the year, so suppliers can tender to join again for another year. the second year will be closed also. All docs on the requirement will be released in Bravo etendering portal next week .
Scope
- Reference
- 271
- Total value
- £22,000,000 excluding VAT£26,400,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 31 Aug 2026 to 31 Aug 2027
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 803300008034000080000000
- Contract locations
- Wales, United KingdomWales, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| quality | — | quality | 60.00% |
| price | — | price | 40.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 60.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
as specified in the tender docsin Bravo etendering portal
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 20 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission deadline
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
- Submission address
- https://etenderwales.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.shtml ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVQ | £11.0m | planned |
| 2 | Personal learning to upskill or reskill employed learners | £11.0m | planned |