T Level Industry Placement Support Services

Department for Education
London
Open procedure
1 August 2026 to 31 August 2028

The contract involves delivering a comprehensive support service across five work strands to scale T Level industry placements. The scope includes enhancing stakeholder awareness, building provider and employer capability, fostering ecosystem collaboration, and generating actionable intelligence to inform policy. The service must be responsive to evolving strategic needs and policy changes, requiring evidence-based solutions to ensure sustainable impact and effective implementation of placements at scale.

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Awarded value: £1.9m; As published
Published: 29 July 2025
Awarded: 6 July 2026; SDN Mesma Group Ltd
Contract length: 25 months; Ends 31 August 2028

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of professional consultancy and support services to enhance employer and provider capability for T Level industry placement delivery.

Enhancing employer and provider awareness of T Level Industry Placements and encourage greater use of the digital service
Strengthening provider capability and confidence to embed and scale high‑quality industry placement delivery
Building employer capability and readiness to deliver meaningful placements at scale
Fostering sustainable collaboration across employers, providers and wider partners within the T Level ecosystem
Generating actionable intelligence and insights to inform ongoing policy, strategy, and delivery decisions

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Services contract
Procedure: Open procedure
Initial term: 25 months
Extensions: 12 months + 12 months
Longest it can run: 49 months
Contract dates: 1 August 2026 to 31 August 2028
Certifications asked for: None stated
Lots: 1
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 80000000, 80210000, 80211000, 80212000

Services in this contract

Careers education, work experience and employability skills for pupils and studentsMain service£63k typicalNational support for T Level industry placements: employer engagement and provider capability

Lifecycle

Published
29 July 2025
Contract awardedto SDN Mesma Group Ltd
6 July 2026
Contract starts
1 August 2026
Contract ends
31 August 2028

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/325086/t-level-industry-placement-support-services
Buyer reference: project_10008
Open contracting ID: ocds-h6vhtk-0567aa
Last checked: 4 November 2026

Department for Education. T Level Industry Placement Support Services. Contract award, 29 July 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/325086/t-level-industry-placement-support-services (accessed 4 November 2026).