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Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) for the procurement of Adult Skills Fund sub-contractors for DurhamLearn

Durham County Council · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 03:26.

Opportunity overview

he Council are inviting suppliers to participate in preliminary engagement to gain insight from the market with the purpose of making any potential future exercise, well framed, feasible, focused and of likely interest to the market. This preliminary market engagement questionnaire is to gauge the scope of interest from potential providers, based in the North East Combined Authority region. DurhamLearn, supporting the NECA Local Growth Plan, aims to invest in skills, improve access to employment and reduce the digital divide. "By unlocking the potential of our people through increased skills, better and more employment, and improved health outcomes, we can increase productivity and help drive the UK's Growth Mission." DurhamLearn will focus on: • A range of non-accredited programmes to help those furthest from the labour market • Accredited qualifications • Short intensive employer led courses, allowing skills specific training into work The questionnaire focuses on the following key areas. • developing the authority's requirements and approach to the procurement • identifying providers that may be able to supply the services required. The benefits to your organisation in participating in this process include: • the chance to assess whether the opportunity will be suitable and of interest to you • the chance to attract new training organisations There is no commercial advantage or disadvantage to your organisation being involved in this exercise.

Classification

  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
OPEN2026148
Main Procurement Category
services
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2029, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKC14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Preliminary Market Engagement Questionnaire can be accessed, free of charge ,for completion and submission at www.open.org-uk using reference OPEN2026148
Due
27 Feb 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
006766-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
26 Jan 2026, 15:32
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Durham County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PMPB-8772-VYWM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PMPB-8772-VYWM

Address

Street Address
Corten House, Dunholme Close
Locality
Durham
Postal Code
DH1 5WB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKC14

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Durham · UKC14 · DH1 5WB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKC14 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 006766-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·