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Education & training in South West
Public sector contract notices in education & training covering South West, from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Education & training notices in South West
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Open Light Touch Framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon
Devon County Council is establishing an open framework for independent and alternative education placements for children and young people with SEND and EHCPs. The framework covers pre-16 and post-16 independent school placements, and bespoke alternative education packages for children outside mainstream schooling.
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Gloucestershire County Council Supported Accommodation at Trevone House
Gloucestershire County Council wants an Ofsted-regulated provider to run supported accommodation for up to 19 young people aged 16 and over at Trevone House. The service will help residents develop independence, practical life skills and prepare for independent living.
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Gladiator and Spartan Core Systems and Services (Amended)
The Ministry of Defence is seeking to sustain and enhance the Gladiator synthetic training system, which provides high-fidelity distributed training for multiple military domains. The contract also includes potential expansion to SPARTAN, a maritime collective training capability for Royal Navy surface units.
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Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework
The Office for Students is establishing an open framework for delivering leadership, management, professional skills, wellbeing, culture, facilitation and coaching services. Suppliers can join to deliver training across four separate lots.
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Self-employment Support
Seetec seeks intervention partners to deliver tailored self-employment support to unemployed and economically inactive participants across England. The service includes one-to-one business advisor meetings and tailored action planning.
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Open Light Touch Framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon
Devon County Council is establishing an open framework for independent and alternative education provision for children and young people with SEND. The framework covers pre-16 and post-16 placements in independent schools, plus bespoke alternative education packages to support reintegration or EOTAS provision.
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RA353723 - Supply of new Gazebo and play equipment to onsite early years nursery
University Centre Somerset College Group needs to buy a gazebo and play equipment for their onsite early years nursery outdoor space. You'll need to visit the site to discuss what they want before quoting.
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Learning Academy Partnership (SW) - Communications & Security
Learning Academy Partnership (SW) is seeking a single supplier to provide fully outsourced communications, security, and VoIP services across 19 schools in Devon and Cornwall, with potential to add more schools as the trust grows.
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NP380 - Training Plans for Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings
Historic England wants training plans for a Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings. The plans should work across multiple delivery methods (in-person, online, hybrid) and include both a minimum viable product and enhanced options.
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Climate Change Adaptation Training Development (UID 100)
Historic England wants you to create a training module on climate change adaptation for heritage asset managers. The module will teach a long-term contingency planning approach to help owners, managers and local authorities prepare for climate-driven impacts on heritage.
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Online Insights & Work Experience Provision for Young People and Adult Learners
The Met Office wants to commission an online insights and work experience package for young people (13-18) launching December 2025, followed by new provision for post-18 learners (university students, career changers, teachers) launching April 2026, with work experience expansion in October 2026.
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Connect to Work
Devon County Council is commissioning a DWP-funded supported employment programme for people with disabilities or long-term health conditions who are unemployed, at risk of job loss, or struggling to sustain work. The service uses a place-train-and-maintain model to help participants find and keep paid employment in the open labour market.
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Supported Employment Services
Dorset Council wants a single supplier to deliver employment and voluntary work support for adults aged 16+ with learning disabilities, mental health needs, or physical disabilities. The service aims to help them achieve economic wellbeing and social inclusion.
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Community Based Out of School Provision
Cornwall Council is establishing an Approved Provider List for community-based out of school activities. The framework will include quality standards and a monitoring system.
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Research to support the scoping of a Train the Trainer programme for the Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings - NP380B
Historic England, Cadw, and Historic Environment Scotland need research to scope a Train the Trainer programme for the Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings. The work will gather qualitative and quantitative data on what scale of intervention is needed to meaningfully impact the retrofit workforce for historic buildings.
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UKRI-5278 Connecting People with Nature
UKRI-NERC wants to commission the design and delivery of up to three projects that engage various audiences with nature. The contract is worth £112,500.
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Provision of Hive Side Training
The Animal and Plant Health Agency wants up to three contractors to deliver practical hive-side training to intermediate hobbyist beekeepers on pest and disease recognition and good husbandry. The work is split into three regional lots covering North of England and Midlands, South of England, and Wales.
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Alternative Education Provision
BCP Council is establishing a framework for alternative education provision to support children and young people who cannot have their needs met in mainstream schools. Provision will include specialist school settings and tailored education support.
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CSP25191 - Specialist Business Support Services
STFC (part of UK Research and Innovation) needs specialist business support for startup founders in its incubation programmes. Services include training, consultancy, and commercial coaching to help teams develop.
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Provision of fishing industry workshop design and delivery
Design and deliver two in-person fishing industry workshops - one in the East of England (Lowestoft area) and one in the South of England (Weymouth area) - to understand industry needs and priorities for collaboration with Cefas science. The supplier will handle venue hiring, catering, participant invitations, facilitation, and documentation of outcomes.
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Youth Service Provision
Taunton Town Council wants an independent review of youth service provision in the town, looking at strengths, weaknesses, and barriers to participation. The findings will inform future funding and service development decisions.
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SWAST-5073-COR AET Courses
South Western Ambulance Service needs Level 3 Award in Education & Training courses delivered. They want quotations covering multiple delivery methods, with courses starting before 31 March 2026.
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Request for Quotation - Training Materials for Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings NP 380 C
Historic England needs someone to adapt existing teaching resources for a Level 3 Award in Energy Efficiency Measures for Older and Traditional Buildings, and scope what Phase 2 will deliver. This is Phase 1 of a two-phase project.
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Evidence-Based Early Years Maths Programme
The Department for Education is commissioning an evidence-based early maths programme to improve numeracy outcomes in early years settings. The programme must reach at least 5,000 settings with an 80% completion rate and be backed by robust evaluation (RCT or QED plus implementation and process evaluation).
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SWAST-5074-COR Prehospital Trauma Training
South Western Ambulance Service needs to run UK-based Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) courses for their staff. Delivery must start by 31 March 2026.