Award

City College Peterborough - regularising procurement and contract commitments upon change of operating model

  • Peterborough City Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-084879

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05fa51

Published 19 December 2025, 12:31pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Peterborough City Council

Sand Martin House Peterborough, Bittern Way

Peterborough

PE28TY

Contact

Jan Thistleton

Email

jan.thistleton@peterborough.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1733864553

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKH11 - Peterborough

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.peterborough.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

City College Peterborough - regularising procurement and contract commitments upon change of operating model

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 39162000 - Educational equipment

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

This notice is for information only and does not constitute an award.

City College Peterborough (CCP) is the Council's Adult and Community Learning (ACL) college, offering post-16 education within the city, and has the designation of being a 'grant funded provider'. There are various delivery models within which ACL is offered in England, and the model that has been in place for 20+ years within Peterborough is that whereby CCP operates as an ACL college - a department of the Council, however with the Council delegating financial and management autonomy to CCP and the Governing Board. These delegations between the Council and CCP's Governing Board in relation to financial and management delegations are being revoked to ensure sufficient oversight and assurance of CCP activity and decision making. CCP's change of operating model shall take effect on 5 January 2026, and from this date, CCP's procurements shall fall under the category management of the Council's Procurement function.

As part of this change of model the council wishes to give notice that PCC Procurement department will be seeking to regularise procurements over the next 6 -12 months for all CCP contracts.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £14,060,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH11 - Peterborough

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This notice is for information only and does not constitute an award.

City College Peterborough (CCP) is the Council's Adult and Community Learning (ACL) college, offering post-16 education within the city, and has the designation of being a 'grant funded provider'. There are various delivery models within which ACL is offered in England, and the model that has been in place for 20+ years within Peterborough is that whereby CCP operates as an ACL college - a department of the Council, however with the Council delegating financial and management autonomy to CCP and the Governing Board. These delegations between the Council and CCP's Governing Board in relation to financial and management delegations are being revoked to ensure sufficient oversight and assurance of CCP activity and decision making. CCP's change of operating model shall take effect on 5 January 2026, and from this date, CCP's procurements shall fall under the category management of the Council's Procurement function.

As part of this change of model the council wishes to give notice that PCC Procurement department will be seeking to regularise procurements over the next 6 -12 months for all CCP contracts.

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The purpose of this notice is to provide transparency that the following action will be undertaken City College Peterborough (CCP) is the Council's Adult and Community Learning (ACL) college, offering post-16 education within the city, and has the designation of being a 'grant funded provider'. There are various delivery models within which ACL is offered in England, and the model that has been in place for 20+ years within Peterborough is that whereby CCP operates as an ACL college - a department of the Council, however with the Council delegating financial and management autonomy to CCP and the Governing Board. These delegations between the Council and CCP's Governing Board in relation to financial and management delegations are being revoked to ensure sufficient oversight and assurance of CCP activity and decision making. CCP's change of operating model shall take effect on 5 January 2026, and from this date, CCP's procurements shall fall under the category management of the Council's Procurement function.

As part of this change of model the council wishes to give notice that PCC Procurement department will be seeking to regularise procurements over the next 6 -12 months for all CCP contracts.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

18 December 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

Various

East of England

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKH1 - East Anglia
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,406,000

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £85,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Peterborough City Council

Peterborough

Country

United Kingdom