Skills Bootcamps DPS : Digital : Second call off competition

Published facts

What the notice says

Buyer

Department for Education

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

fca8672a-be00-4d10-af71-1c499e98df52-740171

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 80000000

Published tags

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Latest record Bidwake loaded from this source

27 Aug 2026

Skills Bootcamps offer flexible, primarily level 3 - 5 equivalent courses of up to 16 weeks in technical skills which are free to eligible adult learners. They give adults the opportunity to build up in-demand, sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer - supporting adults to move into well-paid jobs and helping employers to fill much-needed vacancies. Unemployed, employed and self-employed adults can be eligible for a Skills Bootcamp; they can be used to support an unemployed person into a job, an employed adult into a different job in another organisation or to gain another role or other responsibilities in the same organisation, or a self-employed adult to gain new opportunities. They also support groups such as those returning to work after a break, ex-veterans and eligible prisoners within 6 months of release. There is a clear expectation that employers are involved in the whole end-to-end delivery of Skills Bootcamps; and where an employer is using a Skills Bootcamp to train up a current employee, they must contribute towards the costs of the Skills Bootcamp. The Dynamic Purchasing System was launched in November 2022. This Contract Award Notice is for the contracts awarded under the Digital category.

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1. Award notice observed

   15 Mar 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Record references

   Release reference

   fca8672a-be00-4d10-af71-1c499e98df52-732384

   Published tags

   award

2. Award record updated

   11 Apr 2024

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 20 Aug 2026.

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   Release reference

   fca8672a-be00-4d10-af71-1c499e98df52-740171

   Published tags

   awardUpdate

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Skills Bootcamps DPS : Digital : Second call off competition

  Buyer: Department for EducationSupplier: ABP SCHOOL OF AUTOMATION LIMITED

  End date in notice

  31 Jan 2026

  Value shown in notice

  £63,271,704Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

  Official source

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  • This award names more than one supplier but does not divide the published value between them. The figure is shown for context and is not assigned to one supplier.
  • This value appears on 2 awards in the same procurement, so it is not included in summary totals.

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-e89208b6-b97c-44f2-a4d5-c64a44917d50-1

• Skills Bootcamps DPS : Digital : Second call off competition

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