Adult Skills

City of York Council
Yorkshire and the Humber
Selective procedure
1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026

Delivery of adult skills training across three workstreams: tailored learning programmes, regulated qualification delivery, and Level 3 learning courses. The procurement involved multiple lots with varying values, requiring providers to deliver specific educational outcomes. No single provider was permitted to deliver more than one lot per workstream.

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Awarded value: £2m; As published
Published: 29 July 2025; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 23 May 2025; ENTERPRISE MADE SIMPLE LTD, Back 2 Work Complete Training, SCL EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITED and 4 more
Contract length: 12 months; Ends 31 July 2026

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of adult education, vocational training programmes, and regulated qualification delivery services for local authority skills and employment initiatives.

Category: Adult and other education services

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
29 July 2025
Contract awardedto ENTERPRISE MADE SIMPLE LTD, Back 2 Work Complete Training, SCL EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITED and 4 more
23 May 2025
Contract starts
1 August 2025
Contract ends
31 July 2026

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The buyer

Type: Council
Adult skills fund contracts, 24 months: 1
Open adult skills fund tenders: 0
Typical adult skills fund contract: £2m

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How it compares

15.9× the typical adult skills fund contract (£126k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/312596/adult-skills
Buyer reference: 80668
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-fb20b78a-ba8a-400c-9370-7ea1e47ce444
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

City of York Council. Adult Skills. Contract award, 29 July 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/312596/adult-skills (accessed 12 October 2026).