Shaw Education Trust awards staff absence protection services

Tender information last checkedLast checked 21 Oct 2026, 09:31.

Opportunity overview

This proposal for Staff Absence Protection is a retender of the current CPC Staff Absence Protection & Reimbursement Framework which expires 23/05/2025. Any resulting framework from this exercise will be available to all further education institutions, universities, sixth forms, academies, schools, museums and other similar organisations who are current and future CPC members https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/regions.php https://www.gov.uk/guidance/get-information-about-schools. Local Authorities may wish to use the resulting framework when procuring on behalf of Educational Establishments. To access this competition: Registered: Login to https://suppliers.multiquote.com and view the opportunity CA18524. Not registered: Visit https://suppliers.multiquote.com then register and quote CA18524 as the reason for registration. Any queries please contact MultiQuote on 020 3920 8054.

Awarded to

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Schools Advisory Service

Match pending…

Published award value: £673.5k
Awarded: 20 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f-1
Status: active

Classification

CPV66510000 — Insurance services

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: 71e27fb8-9978-4ccc-877d-b6c4a30ef1c2
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 66510000
Description: Insurance services

Tender Period

Ends: 12 Oct 2026, 01:00

Contract period

Starts: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Aug 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Postal Code: ST7 4DL

Entry 2

Country Name: British Oversea Territories

Entry 3

Country Name: Channel Islands

Entry 4

Country Name: Europe

Entry 5

Country Name: Isle of Man

Entry 6

Country Name: Rest of the World

Entry 7

Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-CFS-321405
Name: Shaw Education Trust

Identifier

Legal Name: Shaw Education Trust

Address

Street Address: Kidsgrove Secondary School, Gloucester Road
Locality: Stoke-on-Trent
Postal Code: ST7 4DL
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: Rhian Pimblott
Email: support@multiquote.com
Telephone: 0151 482 9230

Details

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Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-CFS-170606
Name: Schools Advisory Service

Identifier

Legal Name: Schools Advisory Service

Address

Street Address: Trigg house, 11 Maisies way, Derbyshire, DE55 2DS

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f-1
Status: active
Date: 21 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 08:18

Value

Amount: 673,466.82
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-CFS-170606
Name: Schools Advisory Service

Contract period

Starts: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Aug 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ac53da5e-b690-415a-a162-dcb2224bf5e5 ↗
Published: 21 Oct 2026, 08:18
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Stoke-on-Trent · ST7 4DL · England
Delivery location · British Oversea Territories
Delivery location · Channel Islands
Delivery location · Europe
Delivery location · Isle of Man
Delivery location · Rest of the World
Delivery location · ST7 4DL
Delivery location · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

ac53da5e-b690-415a-a162-dcb2224bf5e5-918501Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 21 Oct 2026, 08:18

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Shaw Education Trust published an active award to Schools Advisory Service for staff absence protection and reimbursement services. The published award value is £673,466.82 and the stated period runs from 13 October 2026 to 31 August 2027. The notice describes the procurement as a retender of a CPC framework, but does not provide signed-contract evidence or individual lot allocation.

Published outcome signals

Notice stageAward noticeEvidence: The source labels the notice "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" and the process stage as "award".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f-1 has status "active".
Signed contract evidenceNot suppliedEvidence: The supplied record contains an award and award notice, but no explicit signed-contract field or contract record.

91% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: ac53da5e-b690-415a-a162-dcb2224bf5e5-918501
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f
First published: 21 Oct 2026
Last checked: 21 Oct 2026, 09:31
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award is recorded to Schools Advisory Service following an open procedure.

Market significance

This is an education-sector absence protection and reimbursement procurement with a stated international and UK delivery footprint. The notice indicates that the underlying requirement was intended to support CPC-member education organisations, although the award record names Shaw Education Trust as buyer.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

Schools Advisory Service

98% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f-1 · 673466.82 GBP · active award

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The award identifies Schools Advisory Service as its supplier and gives an award value of GBP 673,466.82.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice stage

99% confidence

Award notice

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The source labels the notice "Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder" and the process stage as "award".

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f-1 has status "active".

Signed contract evidence

98% confidence

Not supplied

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The supplied record contains an award and award notice, but no explicit signed-contract field or contract record.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published award value

99% confidence

£673,466.82

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The award value is stated as 673466.82 GBP.

Tender value

99% confidence

£600,000

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The tender object states a value of 600000 GBP.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Award date

99% confidence

21 October 2026

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The award date is 2026-10-21.

Award notice publication

99% confidence

21 October 2026

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The award notice was published at 2026-10-21T08:18:08+01:00.

Submission deadline

98% confidence

12 October 2026

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The tender period end date is 2026-10-12T01:00:00+01:00.

Stated contract period

98% confidence

13 October 2026 to 31 August 2027

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Both tender and award contract-period fields state these dates.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Staff absence protection and reimbursement services

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The process title is "Staff Absence Protection and Reimbursement Services".

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 66510000 — Insurance services

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The tender classification identifies CPV 66510000.

Intended user base

91% confidence

CPC-member education and similar organisations; local authorities may use it for educational establishments

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The description says any resulting framework would be available to current and future CPC members including education bodies, and that local authorities may use it when procuring for educational establishments.

Delivery coverage

94% confidence

United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories, Europe and Rest of the World

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These countries/areas appear in the tender delivery addresses.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Open procedure

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The tender states procurementMethodDetails as "Open procedure".

SME suitability

95% confidence

Marked suitable for SMEs

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The tender suitability field records sme: true.

Bid count and evaluation results

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated period

98% confidence

13 October 2026 to 31 August 2027

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The award contractPeriod provides these start and end dates.

Extension or renewal options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

Contract execution

98% confidence

Unknown

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The notice does not explicitly state that a contract has been signed.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Value comparison

99% confidence

The published award value exceeds the tender value by £73,466.82

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The tender value is £600,000 and the award value is £673,466.82.

Award allocation

98% confidence

One supplier is named and no lots are published

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The award lists one supplier, Schools Advisory Service, while the supplied lots array is empty.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

91%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-fab4b233-0bd1-4013-be62-e4920b8b6e4f
Analysed: 21 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Named buyer

99% confidence

Shaw Education Trust

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The buyer party and process buyer_name identify Shaw Education Trust.

Buyer location

98% confidence

Stoke-on-Trent, England (ST7 4DL)

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The buyer address gives Kidsgrove Secondary School, Gloucester Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST7 4DL, England.

Prior arrangement context

92% confidence

Retender of a CPC Staff Absence Protection & Reimbursement Framework said to expire on 23 May 2025

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This is stated in the procurement description.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Published supplier name

98% confidence

Schools Advisory Service (unverified identity)

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The supplier is named Schools Advisory Service in the award. Supplier verification status is checked_unmatched, with no verified company name or number supplied.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated reprocurement timing

74% confidence

Around August 2027

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This is an estimate based solely on the explicit stated end date of 31 August 2027; no renewal option or procurement plan is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity verification

99% confidence

Schools Advisory Service is an unverified supplier name

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The supplier identity status is checked_unmatched after a completed lookup; no verified company name or number is supplied.

Value inconsistency

99% confidence

Tender and award values differ

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The tender states £600,000 while the award states £673,466.82; the notice does not explain the difference.

Date sequence

99% confidence

The stated contract start precedes the award date and notice publication

View supporting evidence

The period starts 13 October 2026, while the award date and publication date are 21 October 2026.

Information not supplied in the published notice

98% confidence

No lot titles, bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown, signed-contract evidence, or extension terms are provided

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent from the supplied award and tender data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The supplier identity workflow completed without finding a safe company match for Schools Advisory Service; the source name is therefore unverified.
The £600,000 tender value and £673,466.82 award value conflict, and no explanation is supplied.
The stated start date of 13 October 2026 is earlier than the 21 October 2026 award date and award-notice publication date.
No lots or lot-level allocations are supplied.
Information on bids, evaluation, contract signature, extension options and pricing is not supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who received the award?

The published award names Schools Advisory Service. The supplied supplier verification result is checked_unmatched, so no verified legal company identity is available.

What is the published award value?

The award value is £673,466.82.

When does the stated period end?

The stated end date is 31 August 2027.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

CA18524 - CPC/LO/01/2025: Staff Absence Protection and Reimbursement Services

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Schools Advisory Service

Classification

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Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

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Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Details

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Award information

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Notice and amendment history

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Traceable procurement data

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