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Opportunity overview
DN Colleges Group (DNCG) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for appointment to a Learner Finder Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance-learning courses. Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.
The arrangement also provides scope for additional learner recruitment services relating to classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 provision, where offered by the successful suppliers.
DNCG intends to appoint up to three suppliers, ranked following a competitive evaluation. The highest-ranked supplier will ordinarily receive the first opportunity to fulfil requirements, with any unmet demand cascading to the next-ranked supplier in accordance with the published arrangements.
The contract will operate for an initial three-year period, with options to extend for two further 12-month periods (3 + 1 + 1). Pricing will be based on agreed fees per eligible learner. No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.
The full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation.
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
CA18541
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
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1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
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095678-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
DN Colleges Group is running an open tender to create a preferred supplier list of up to three organisations to find, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision in South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance learning. The arrangement is planned for three years with two optional one-year extensions; work is allocated first to the highest-ranked supplier, then cascades if demand is unmet.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for learner recruitment, education outreach, admissions/enrolment support and adult-skills providers with experience of eligibility checking, learner handovers and performance reporting.
Key points identified
Supplier experience and capabilitySuitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to tender.Evidence: “invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations”
Core serviceIdentify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision.Evidence: “The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision”
Service activitiesInitial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.Evidence: “Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.”
96% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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DN Colleges Group is running an open tender to create a preferred supplier list of up to three organisations to find, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision in South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance learning. The arrangement is planned for three years with two optional one-year extensions; work is allocated first to the highest-ranked supplier, then cascades if demand is unmet.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for learner recruitment, education outreach, admissions/enrolment support and adult-skills providers with experience of eligibility checking, learner handovers and performance reporting.
Key deliverables
Identify, engage and recruit eligible Adult Skills Funded learners
Provide initial advice and guidance
Undertake eligibility checks and enrolment support
Manage controlled learner handovers
Provide performance reporting
Potentially provide recruitment for classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 provision
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Supplier experience and capability
98% confidence
Suitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to tender.
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“invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations”
Core service
99% confidence
Identify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision.
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“The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision”
Service activities
99% confidence
Initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.
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“Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.”
Additional service capability
96% confidence
Recruitment services for classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 provision may be required where offered by successful suppliers.
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“scope for additional learner recruitment services relating to classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 provision, where offered by the successful suppliers”
Detailed tender requirements
99% confidence
Contained in procurement documentation; not supplied in the source data.
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“The full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation.”
Learner eligibility
95% confidence
Learners recruited must be eligible, but detailed eligibility criteria are not supplied.
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“recruiting eligible learners” and “eligibility checks”
Supplier eligibility conditions
98% confidence
Unknown from the supplied notice data; tender return requirements are stated to be in procurement documentation.
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“tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation”
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Maximum stated value
98% confidence
Up to £400,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 400000 GBP; Lot 1 value_amount: 400000 GBP.
Pricing model
99% confidence
Agreed fees per eligible learner.
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“Pricing will be based on agreed fees per eligible learner.”
Volume commitment
99% confidence
No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.
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“No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.”
Contract term
99% confidence
Initial three years, with options for two further 12-month extensions (3 + 1 + 1).
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“initial three-year period, with options to extend for two further 12-month periods (3 + 1 + 1)”
Delivery
Primary coverage
99% confidence
South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.
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“Adult Skills Funded provision across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire”
Delivery channels
96% confidence
Includes online and distance-learning courses; classroom-based recruitment may also be required where offered.
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“including online and distance-learning courses” and “classroom-based Adult Skills”
Delivery location metadata
91% confidence
United Kingdom.
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Delivery location metadata: region UK, country United Kingdom.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procedure
99% confidence
Below-threshold open competition.
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procurement_method: open; procurement_method_details: “Below threshold - open competition”.
Notice status
99% confidence
Open tender.
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display_status: open; source_status: active; notice type: Tender notice on Find a Tender.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
6 November 2026, 12:00 UTC.
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submission_deadline: 2026-11-06T12:00:00Z; Lot 1 deadline matches.
Supplier appointments
99% confidence
Up to three suppliers, ranked through competitive evaluation.
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“DNCG intends to appoint up to three suppliers, ranked following a competitive evaluation.”
Call-off allocation
99% confidence
Highest-ranked supplier ordinarily receives the first opportunity; unmet demand cascades to lower-ranked suppliers.
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“highest-ranked supplier will ordinarily receive the first opportunity... with any unmet demand cascading to the next-ranked supplier”
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
No guaranteed revenue or learner volume
99% confidence
The arrangement gives no minimum expenditure or learner-volume commitment.
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“No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.”
Ranked-supplier allocation risk
99% confidence
Lower-ranked appointed suppliers may receive work only after higher-ranked suppliers cannot fulfil demand.
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“highest-ranked supplier will ordinarily receive the first opportunity... unmet demand cascading to the next-ranked supplier”
Key tender terms not present in supplied data
99% confidence
Evaluation methodology, full specification, contract terms and tender return requirements must be checked in the procurement documentation.
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“The full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation.”
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