Closed tender

TC1108 - Manchester Alternative Education Provision - Round 4

Details

Published
30 January 2026
Submission
4 March 2026

Tender description

Round 4 - Flexible Purchasing System for Manchester Schools to commission alternative education provision for pupils that Manchester has a statutory or discharged responsibilities for placing in appropriate and compliant alternative provision. The Flexible Purchasing System has been divided into the following 10 Lots: Lot 1 - Full-time Alternative Provision – Min of 25 hours per week. Lot 2 - Part-time Alternative Provision – Sports Science / Health & Wellbeing. Lot 3 - Part-time Alternative Provision – Sports Coaching/Life Skills. Lot 4 - Part-time Alternative Provision – Hair and Beauty. Lot 5 - Part-time Alternative Provision – Construction. Lot 6 - Part-time Alternative Provision – Creative/Media Lot 7 - Complementary – Animal Care Lot 8 - Complementary – Innovation Lot 9 - One-to-One Tutoring Lot 10 - Mentoring and coaching Please note - If you have already been accepted onto the Flexible Purchasing System then you do not need to apply again unless you are applying for an additional Lot. Keywords: Alternative Education

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published30 January 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date4 March 2026

About the buyer

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester, and buys through its Corporate Procurement Service. Category leads across the council handle procurement for their own areas of goods and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal for local authorities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, the UK's service for public procurement notices. A Professional Services Framework covers consultancy and professional services work for the council. Suppliers can register for free email alerts on The Chest when relevant opportunities are published.

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 Manchester City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

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