Training Provision to Support Educated Other Than At School (EOTAS)

Procurement reference

CCBC/PS2974/36/LE

Procurement description

The Council is aiming to provide a suite of educational qualifications in addition to what they provide at the Educated Other Than AT School (EOTAS) provision that shall offer practical work life experience to the Council’s most vulnerable children in EOTAS and mainstream children, so they have every opportunity to achieve qualifications that support them into the wider world of work or a college pathway. Courses can include technical and vocational qualifications. Qualifications and courses can range from entry level upwards, from accredited to non-accredited.

The courses will be delivered from a mixture of the new Centre for Skills for Learning in Pontllanfraith and external provision depending on the course provision. Full details will be provided in the ITT.

To ascertain the required training to meet the Councils needs, a tender process is being undertaken for the following training provisions which are stipulated under the following lots immediately below:

Lot 1 – Construction

Lot 2 – Hair and Beauty

Lot 3 – Digital Skills

Full details of the requirements will be defined and advertised in the ITT documents at the time of tender.

Main category

Services

Delivery regions

• UKL16 - Gwent Valleys

Total value (estimated)

1200000.00 GBP Excluding VAT

1440000.00 GBP Including VAT

Contract dates (estimated)

01 September 2026, 00:00AM to 31 August 2028, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 31 August 2030

Caerphilly County Borough Council

Is this procurement under a special regime?

Light touch

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

CPV classifications

• 80100000 - Primary education services
• 80200000 - Secondary education services

Delivery regions

• UKL16 - Gwent Valleys

Sustainability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Contract start date (estimated)

01 September 2026, 00:00AM

Contract end date (estimated)

31 August 2028, 23:59PM

Extension end date (estimated)

31 August 2030, 23:59PM

Can the contract be extended?

Yes

Engagement process description

The Purpose of preliminary market engagement is to advise and engage with the Market prior to going to tender for the Training Provision to Support Educated Other Than At School (EOTAS) .

To register an interest Service Providers must send their request via email to procurement@caerphilly.gov.uk. **please note registering an interest against this notice on sell2wales may not get recorded by the Council**

All requests must be received by 15:00 hours Wednesday 06 May 2026 to the procurement inbox.

This notice is to commence market engagement prior to going to tender to understand services available to the Council.

Please note that this notice is not a contract notice for a call for competition, it is to advise the market of the Councils intension to visit the market for such services in the future. Full details of service specification shall be issued with the call for competition and will be fully detailed in the tender documents.

The Council reserves the right to hold a supplier engagement event and will invite interested parties who register an interest to procurement@caerphilly.gov.uk

It is intended that the contract will commence on 01 September 2026 for a period of two (2) years with the option to extend for up to a further period of two (2) years.

Due date

06 May 2026, 23:59PM

Has the engagement period already ended?

No