Developing a Digital and Data Skills Pathway
Awarded to EDUCATE VENTURES RESEARCH LIMITED
Department for Education(buyer)
- Published
- Published 15 May 2026
- Deadline
- Closed 31 July 2026
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Overview
Contracting authority
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London, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PDZG-3487-DPVD
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 15 May 2026
- Questions by
- 3 July 2026
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £300,000
- Award date
- 20 August 2026
- Contract period
- 31 August 2026 → 31 March 2027
- Contract length
- 7 months
- Could run to
- 30 September 2027
- Against estimate
- 40% below
- Bids received
- 17
- EDUCATE VENTURES RESEARCH LIMITED
This contract ends on 31 March 2027, or 30 September 2027 if every extension is used.
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About the winner
EDUCATE VENTURES RESEARCH LIMITED
- Based in
- Hildenborough
- Public contracts won
- 1
- Across UK and EU notices
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
17
16 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support drew a median of 3 bids over the last 24 months; 32% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 30% · Quality 70%
- Commercial30%
- Quality and Social Value70%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
£132,000
Median of 13,254 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 2.3× the median.
Department for Education in the last 12 months
129
contracts awarded, worth £1,884,155,777 in total
Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
9 October 2026
Contract
22 August 2026
Contract Notice
19 June 2026
Planning Update
20 May 2026
Prior Information Notice
15 May 2026
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