Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The City of Liverpool College
10003955
The City of Liverpool College
The Learning Exchange, Liverpool
L19DW
UK
Contact person: Tina Smith
Telephone: +44 1512523243
E-mail: tina.smith@liv-coll.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD72
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.liv-coll.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Subcontracting for Delivery of Devolved Adult Skills Fund LCRCA
Reference number: T: 2022 - 008d
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The College has created a Dynamic Purchasing System for the subcontracting of its devolved ASF funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The City of Liverpool College is now seeking to identify a select number of providers via a mini competition process who it will work with in partnership to deliver its devolved Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Adult Skills Funded training in line with its subcontracting strategy.
Awards under the framework will range from £50,000 to £600,000 maximum contract value.
The College is seeking suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding under the College's Audit Skills Fund contract on its behalf, under the following general rules:
• All the provision must be delivered in the 2026/27 funding year; there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to 2027/28. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) Adult Skills Fund (ASF) funding in 2026/27.
• Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have an active UKPRN and must have a track record of successful subcontract delivery of qualifications.
• The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e. only one level of sub-contracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted.
• The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees.
• The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to LCRCA and OFSTED for programme quality.
• Providers with a current full inspection outcome of 'outstanding' or 'good', if applicable
• Ofsted monitoring visits judgements of 'reasonable' and 'significant' progress, if applicable
• Subcontractor must have Matrix accreditation.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 254 399.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD72
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The College has created a Dynamic Purchasing System for the subcontracting of its devolved ASF funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The City of Liverpool College is now seeking to identify a select number of providers via a mini competition process who it will work with in partnership to deliver its devolved Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Adult Skills Funded training in line with its subcontracting strategy.
Awards under the framework will range from £50,000 to £600,000 maximum contract value.
The College is seeking suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding under the College's Audit Skills Fund contract on its behalf, under the following general rules:
• All the provision must be delivered in the 2026/27 funding year; there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to 2027/28. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) Adult Skills Fund (ASF) funding in 2026/27.
• Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have an active UKPRN and must have a track record of successful subcontract delivery of qualifications.
• The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e. only one level of sub-contracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted.
• The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees.
• The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to LCRCA and OFSTED for programme quality.
• Providers with a current full inspection outcome of 'outstanding' or 'good', if applicable
• Ofsted monitoring visits judgements of 'reasonable' and 'significant' progress, if applicable
• Subcontractor must have Matrix accreditation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 50
Quality criterion: Delivery Plan
/ Weighting: 40
Quality criterion: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Sustainability Environmental Policies
/ Weighting: 5
Cost criterion: No Cost Criterion
/ Weighting: 0
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-009430
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
FTW Training
10043690
Skelmersdale
UK
NUTS: UKD72
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 299 981.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 2
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Orangebox Training Solutions
10029170
Hartlepool
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 145 152.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 3
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Staff Power Training
12033942
Sunderland
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 104 454.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 4
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sysco Business Services
10013122
Liverpool
UK
NUTS: UKD72
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 464 818.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 5
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Three Dimensional Training
10057616
Birkenhead
UK
NUTS: UKD74
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 239 994.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The City of Liverpool College
Liverpool
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/06/2026