Buyer Name: Nottinghamshire County Council
Buyer Address: County Hall, Loughborough Road, Nottingham, UKF16, NG2 7QP, United Kingdom
Contact Email: corporate.procurement@nottscc.gov.uk
Tailored Learning Open Framework 2025
Buyer Contact Info
Status
complete
complete
Procedure
open
open
Value
37842.0 GBP
37842.0 GBP
Published
03 Dec 2025, 11:39
03 Dec 2025, 11:39
Deadline
n/a
n/a
Contract Start
17 Nov 2025, 00:00
17 Nov 2025, 00:00
Contract End
31 Jul 2026, 22:59
31 Jul 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
n/a
CPV
80400000 - Adult and other education services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
Region
n/a
n/a
Awarded To
CREATIVE PATHS (EM) CIC, GET WISE ENTERPRISE C.I.C., THE HARLEY FOUNDATION, LIFE EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED, REACH LEARNING DISABILITY
CREATIVE PATHS (EM) CIC, GET WISE ENTERPRISE C.I.C., THE HARLEY FOUNDATION, LIFE EDUCATION EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED, REACH LEARNING DISABILITY
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Description
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) receives an annual grant from the Department for Education (DfE) via East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) to fund Community and Family Learning for adults aged 19+ in Nottinghamshire. The Council uses this Grant to ensure that local people have access to a range of flexible learning opportunities that contribute to their personal, social, educational and economic development. The vast majority of provision is delivered directly to the public via the Council's Contract with Inspire Learning. In addition to the contract to deliver direct services, the Council has appointed Inspire Learning to act as its agent and coordinate and manage supplementary contractors that deliver specialist provision that they do not deliver themselves. Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking organisations who: • are able to provide high quality Tailored Learning to adults over the age of 19 in Nottinghamshire. This provision should principally be courses that Inspire Learning is unable to deliver themselves; • if subject to Ofsted inspections, their most recent inspection was graded Good (grade 2) or better; • are not currently subject to a DfE notice to improve linked to their financial performance. • will not be in receipt of Adult Skills Fund funding for the 2025-26 academic year; and • directly deliver services. Subcontracting is not allowed. Providers are invited to tender for contracts for the following Community Learning provision: • General Adult Learning • Family Learning • Discrete provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD)
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Opportunity Context
Lots
Lot 1 Status: complete
Lot 2 Status: complete
Lot 3 Status: complete
Documents
Document Description: Not published
Contracts
Contract Title: Lot 1. General Adult Learning
Contract Title: Lot 2: Family Learning
Contract Title: Lot 3: Discrete provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD)
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