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Pre 16 Vocational courses

Cornwall Council

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Cornwall Council

Buyer Address: County Hall, Truro, UKK30, TR1 3AY, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Christine Susan Stone

Contact Email: christine.stone@cornwall.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: +441872326050

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
1125000.0 GBP
Published
27 Aug 2025, 10:53
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
31 Aug 2025, 23:00
Contract End
31 Aug 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
80000000 - Education and training services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
The Cornwall College Group
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Cornwall Council is conducting a soft market assessment to gain an understanding of the potential level of interest across the Voluntary, NHS, Independent and private sector for the provision of increased key worker capacity through Registered Social landlords. It is intended that the responses supplied will enable the Council to develop a business proposal. Any such proposal would be subject to the development and approval of a business case, and, as such, this exercise implies no commercial commitment. This is not a formal tender document. Participation of this soft market assessment will not prejudice suppliers participating in any future procurement. If you are interested in this area of service provision and also helping with our assessment of the market, please complete the “Information Required” section at the end of this notice along with any additional information you consider to be relevant and return this via the Due North system by 12 noon on 16th June 2025 ** Deadline extension requested to 12 noon on Wednesday 18th June 2025**

Linked Documents

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 SME Suitable: Yes

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Awards

Award Title: Pre 16 Vocational Courses

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