PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

TC1108 - Manchester Alternative Education Provision - Round 4

Manchester City Council · published 30 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID015e2833-2d2f-4338-85f3-eac77771f61e-881419
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-96efef6c-8815-4cc5-ad26-be3e02a0be7f
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-247980
Release typetender
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
Not disclosed
award field
Tender value
£30,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
80000000
Education and training services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Round 4 - Flexible Purchasing System for Manchester Schools to commission alternative education provision for pupils that Manchester has a statutory or discharged responsibilities for placing in appropriate and compliant alternative provision. The Flexible Purchasing System has been divided into the following 10 Lots: Lot 1 - Full-time Alternative Provision - Min of 25 hours per week. Lot 2 - Part-time Alternative Provision - Sports Science / Health & Wellbeing. Lot 3 - Part-time Alternative Provision - Sports Coaching/Life Skills. Lot 4 - Part-time Alternative Provision - Hair and Beauty. Lot 5 - Part-time Alternative Provision - Construction. Lot 6 - Part-time Alternative Provision - Creative/Media Lot 7 - Complementary - Animal Care Lot 8 - Complementary - Innovation Lot 9 - One-to-One Tutoring Lot 10 - Mentoring and coaching Please note - If you have already been accepted onto the Flexible Purchasing System then you do not need to apply again unless you are applying for an additional Lot. Additional information: The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including online questionnaire, via the on-line portal by 11am on Wednesday 4th March 2026

Tender statusactive
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release30 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 30 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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