Who Won It

Contract award · 29 Aug 2025

ALP Full-time Block Contract 2025/26

Bristol City Council awarded “ALP Full-time Block Contract 2025/26” to Learning Partnership West for £1.4m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionEducation & trainingSouth West

BuyerBristol City Council
Value £1.4m
WinnerLearning Partnership West SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Buyer
Bristol City Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Learning Partnership West SME
Value
£1,403,650
Procedure
Direct award
Sector
Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
Region
South West
Official notice
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Timeline
  1. Contract date29 Aug 2025
  2. Published8 Sep 2025Published 10 days after the contract date

Description

Block purchase of 50 full-time Alternative Learning Provision places from Learning Partnership West for academic year 2025/26, supporting children who have been excluded from or are unable to be educated in mainstream school.

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