Planning notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
Record references
- Release reference
043707-2025- Published tags
- planning
Loading records…
Public procurement
See the published facts, notice history, awards and supplier links in one place. Open the original Find a Tender notice for the full record.
ocds-h6vhtk-0567aaPublished facts
077295-2026The Department for Education (DfE) has procured a Supplier to deliver the T Level Industry Placement Support Services contract. The contract will provide a coordinated national support offer for providers and employers, strengthening employer engagement, improving provider capability, and increasing the availability and quality of industry placements across regions and sectors. The primary objective of this contract is to ensure sufficient high-quality industry placements are available to support the successful delivery and scale up of T Levels through: -Generating an improved understanding of T Levels and their benefits, across regions and sectors. -Ensuring large employers have the knowledge and tools to offer placements at scale, hosting students from multiple providers and pathways. -Facilitating self-sustaining and strong partnerships between T Level providers and employers in every locality, leading to an increase in employers offering year-on-year placements. -Preparing students for placements, supported by their provider throughout, increasing the quality of their experience and reducing placement terminations. The contract will begin on 1 August 2026 with delivery commencing from 1 September 2026. The contract will run for two years until 31 August 2028, with two seperate 1 year extention options that would take delivery up to 31 August 2030 if both extensions are utilsed. The procurement included social value as part of the evaluation criteria weighted at 10% and will cover MAC2a: Learning and skills development opportunities relevant to the contract to address skills gaps, in relation to PPN002 "Taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts”. This UK7 - Contract details notice is published to inform suppliers and the public that the contracting authority has entered into a contract and to provide key details of the awarded contract in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.
Observed notice trail
Events follow the publisher date where one is available. “Seen by Bidwake” is the date this service first found the record.
Planning notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
043707-2025Planning notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
067362-2025Planning notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
022196-2026Tender notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
Awards and suppliers
Buyer: Department for EducationSupplier: SDN Mesma Group Ltd.
1End dates, recurrence wording and links are shown as they appear in public notices. They do not create a new opportunity. If no later linked record appears here, that means Bidwake did not find one in the records it has loaded; it does not prove that none exists.
029186-2026Award notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
063974-2026Award record updated
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
064978-2026Award notice observed
Latest variant observed by Bidwake on .
Open this official Find a Tender notice
077295-2026