Expired contract

Adult Education Budget 2025/2026

Details

Buyer: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Supplier(s): Transport Training Academy Ltd
Value: £97,390
Duration: 10 months
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 1 October 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

TTA have been contracted to deliver approved Adult Learning, with agreed qualification aims to residents across the full Wigan borough for a number of years now. The contract is to provide Adult Learning courses to Wigan residents are issued on a year-by-year basis. Aim: The principle purpose of the ASF funding is to engage adults and provide them with the skills needed to support residents to enter and sustain work, and/or progression to an apprenticeship / traineeship, or other further/higher learning. In the Wigan Borough, this means high quality provision that leads to demonstrable improvements in opportunities, positive outcomes for individuals and clear progression pathways for our residents, with a clear line of sight into the local labour market and future economic development opportunities. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published1 October 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date1 October 2025
Completed: Contract expiry date31 July 2026

About the buyer

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council is a local authority in Greater Manchester, and buys through its own Procurement and Performance team. Suppliers register on The Chest, the council's primary portal for advertising tenders and submitting bids. Smaller contracts go to a limited number of quoted suppliers rather than open tender. Frameworks from the Crown Commercial Service and ESPO cover many common goods and services. Commissioning plans are published jointly with partner NHS trusts and Wigan and Leigh College. All bids must also meet Procurement Act 2023 rules through the Central Digital Platform.

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 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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