WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Employability and Skills
- Buyer
- Warwickshire County Council
- Value
- £60,000,000
- Closes
- 23 February 2029
- Where
- WARWICK, the West Midlands
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
Warwickshire County Council is setting up a long-term supplier list (called a Dynamic Purchasing System) to buy employability and skills training services over the next 4.5 years. Once you're approved as a supplier, you'll be invited to bid on individual contracts as they become available, but you don't have to bid for every one.
What the buyer wants
• Register on their e-procurement portal (In-Tend/CSW-Jets) to apply to join the approved supplier list • Provide employability and skills services (training, support, coaching) when you win individual call-off contracts • Be prepared to bid competitively using their online auction or quote system for specific opportunities
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The £60 million total value and focus on employability/skills services means this is unlikely to suit most small trades (builders, electricians, plumbers). It's designed for training providers and larger employability services companies.
How to bid
This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.
How dynamic purchasing systems work
More open tenders from Warwickshire County Council
- WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System for Ice Cream Concessions at Warwickshire County Council's Country Parks, Warwickshire County Council, closes 19 February 2028
- WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System for Learning & Organisational Development, Warwickshire County Council, £7,000,000, closes 23 February 2029
- WCC - DPS for the provision of Waste Material Services, Warwickshire County Council, closes 23 February 2029
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- WCC - Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Provision of a Passenger Transport Service using a Taxi or a Private Hire Car, Warwickshire County Council, £190,000,000, closes 23 February 2029
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