Expired contract

Targeted Impartial Information Advice and Guidance (TIIAG)

Details

Buyer: Wakefield Council
Supplier(s): Prospect Services
Value: £99,020
Duration: 6 months
Topic: Guidance services
Published: 17 October 2022
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

To extend the current TIIAG Contract to 30th September 2023 to make it coterminous with the E-Prospectus Agreement. The service is responsible for discharging Wakefield Council's duties set out in the Education and Skills Act 2008 enabling, encouraging, and assisting young people to participate in education and training with a specific emphasis being on identifying and supporting those 16 and 17-year-olds who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The current Contract also makes provision for the management and coordination of the Wakefield E-Prospectus system that supports schools and colleges to provide one system for 16-year-olds to make their post-16 college choices.

Timeline

Completed: Award published17 October 2022
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 April 2023
Completed: Contract expiry date30 September 2023

About the buyer

Wakefield Council is a local authority procuring goods, works and services for the district through its own commercial team. Contract opportunities are advertised through YORtender, the council's own procurement portal, free to join. Since February 2025, most procurements have run under the Procurement Act 2023, aimed at opening contracts to more suppliers. Suppliers register once on the central Find a Tender platform to bid for opportunities. Framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems cover many of its call-off contracts, alongside direct quotations for lower-value work. A published commercial pipeline sets out anticipated procurement activity over the next 18 months.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Wakefield Council's contract awards have been in construction work, repair and maintenance and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

85312310 · Guidance services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@wakefield-council.gov