PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

AI & Data Apprenticeships

Southend-on-sea Borough 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 ID3db7b09e-96c4-4061-a01c-610d4b643953-881444
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-3c2ed937-0581-4318-baea-7fa3bf49bf83
Buyer identifierGB-LAE-SOS
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£714,000
award field
Tender value
£833,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
80000000
Education and training services
Delivery
Not stated
SS2 6ER
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Southend-on-Sea City Council seeks to procure a strategic workforce transformation service aimed at delivering high-impact, levy-funded digital apprenticeships in Data, AI, Digital Productivity and Leadership. This initiative is designed to address critical skills gaps across the organisation, enabling staff to make data-informed decisions, improve operational efficiency, and future-proof the workforce against evolving technological demands.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release30 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Dec 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published29 Jan 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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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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