Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Walsall Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- New Dawn School Limited SME, EM Skills Enterprise CIC SME, Pathfinder Education Limited SME
- Value
- £36,000,000 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 028457-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date21 Jul 2025
- Published27 Mar 2026Published 249 days after the contract date
Description
This is a framework for Alternative Education Provision. Providers deliver arange of alternative approaches to providing accessto education for young people who are excluded orat risk of exclusion, at risk of disengaging frommainstream school provision or otherwise require alternative education provision to meet their educational entitlement. This also includes providers delivering tutoring to children and young people wherethey are temporarily unable to access provision.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| WP3899a The Provision of Alternative Education | New Dawn School Limited SME | £12m |
| WP3899a The Provision of Alternative Education | EM Skills Enterprise CIC SME | £12m |
| WP3899a The Provision of Alternative Education | Pathfinder Education Limited SME | £12m |
About the suppliers
New Dawn School Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 13566465).
EM Skills Enterprise CIC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 10257474).
Pathfinder Education Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 16338018).