Education and training contracts expiring in West Midlands: 76 worth £37m
Public sector education and training contracts held by buyers in West Midlands that have a published end date. Approach the buyer while the incumbent still holds it, rather than meeting the work for the first time when it goes out to tender.
Expiring next
- Post 16 Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) SupportWorcestershire County CouncilEnds 31 Dec 2026, £30k
- CEVAS training for farmers Open Farm SundayAgriculture and Horticulture Development BoardEnds 31 Dec 2026, £29k
What this market looks like
76 education and training contracts in West Midlands carry a published end date, worth £37m between them. They are held across 42 buyers, and the typical one is worth £93k.
42 of them expire within twelve months, and 10 are already inside the window where the buyer would normally be shaping the replacement. That is 55% of this market back in play inside a year.
93 different suppliers hold the work, and the three largest hold 5% of it. That is a fragmented market, which usually means no single relationship is decisive and a smaller supplier can win on merit.
8 are frameworks rather than a single contract, so part of this market is reached by getting onto a supplier list first and competing for call-offs afterwards.
The most active buyers are Staffordshire County Council (7), Coventry City Council (5), Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire (4).
The contracts here are most often held by QA LIMITED (2), ASPIRE ACTIVE EDUCATION GROUP LIMITED (2), British Nutrition Foundation (1).
| Contract | Buyer | Value | Expires | Incumbent | Phase |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education Partnership Programme West Midlands | AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT BOARD | £530k | 30 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| WMCA Connect To Work - Black Country West Midlands | West Midlands Combined Authority | £1.9m | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Framework for Education - Alternative Education Provision (AP) in Herefordshire West Midlands | Herefordshire Council | £20m | 30 Jun 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| VRP Hospital In-Reach and Community Based Service (Birmingham) West Midlands | Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands | £93k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| W5221 Alternative Education - Star Light West Midlands | Walsall Council | £203k | 09 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Provision of Pre Hospital Emergency Medical Training West Midlands | Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire | £165k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Communications Data Exploitation Training West Midlands | COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED | £160k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Leadership and management development programme West Midlands | Stoke on Trent City Council | £160k | 30 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Connect to Work West Midlands | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | £190k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Leadership Development services West Midlands | HOUSING 21 | £110k | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| NOM4012 - Learning Beyond Registration West Midlands | University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust | £83k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Fire Safety Training West Midlands | Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire | £79k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Delivery of the Mid-Career Progression Training Programme West Midlands | West Midlands Combined Authority | £67k | 28 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Waiver - BSMHT - Resuscitation Services UK Ltd - Training Services West Midlands | Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust | £58k | 12 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Dr Bikes West Midlands | West Midlands Combined Authority | £59k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Development Programme West Midlands | MIDLAND HEART LIMITED | £83k | 16 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| COV - 25166 Provision of cycling lessons, coaching and events in schools West Midlands | Coventry City Council | £50k | 31 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership Evaluation for Habitual Knife Carriers West Midlands | Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands | £25k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| CompTIA A+ Training West Midlands | Coventry University | £42k | 26 Feb 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| 715521450 Research into non-invasive assessment of cerebral perfusion in traumatic brain injury using machine learning analysis of continuous trans-cranial Doppler waveforms – a pi West Midlands | Ministry of Defence | £42k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Waiver - BWC_RQ3- Birmingham City University - Neonatal Modules/Courses West Midlands | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | £51k | 08 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| 715879476 - Chartered Institute of Housing - Accredited Housing Qualifications West Midlands | Defence Infrastructure Organisation | £490k | 02 Nov 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Learning and development West Midlands | NHS MIDLANDS AND LANCASHIRE COMMISSIONING SUPPORT UNIT | £64k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| COV - Paediatric First Aid Courses (RFQ) West Midlands | Coventry City Council | £35k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| DIM and HMA Training West Midlands | Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire | £35k | 31 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Waiver - BSMHT - Resuscitation Services Uk Ltd - Resus Training West Midlands | Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust | £30k | 13 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| CEVAS training for farmers Open Farm Sunday West Midlands | Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board | £29k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Waiver - BWC_RQ3 - 06747 - Leadership Centre for local government - Courses West Midlands | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | £19k | 01 Mar 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Institute of Health Visiting training courses West Midlands | Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust | £30k | 01 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Waiver - UHB_HGS - Capture 1 DVP Ltd - Bespoke Learning Platform and Maintenance Services West Midlands | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | £14k | 01 Apr 2027 | Subscribers | Opening soon |
| Nature Literacy Training West Midlands | National Highways Limited | £18k | 31 Dec 2026 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Waiver - BWC_RQ3- Giving HOPE - Maternity, Training Services West Midlands | Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust | £11k | 19 Jan 2027 | Subscribers | Window open |
| Tender for the provision of an English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) service West Midlands | Herefordshire Council | £438k | 31 Aug 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Bikeability Cycling Training West Midlands | Warwickshire County Council | £1.5m | 20 Apr 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Lot 1. Confined Spaces & Working at Heights West Midlands | SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED | £1.6m | 15 Apr 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| C0100 Grant Holder Learning West Midlands | The National Lottery Community Fund | £1.2m | 02 Nov 2028 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Delivery of online courses West Midlands | THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | £90k | 31 Jul 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| Partner to improve visibility across SEO and AI/GEO West Midlands | University of Staffordshire | £61k | 31 May 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| WP4196 Provision of Training and Quality Support for Wraparound Childcare Providers West Midlands | Walsall Council | £94k | 31 Aug 2027 | Subscribers | Horizon |
| South West Staffordshire (Stafford Borough and South Staffordshire) West Midlands | Staffordshire County Council | £398k incl. VAT | 31 Mar 2029 | Subscribers | Horizon |
36 more in this view
The full list, the named incumbent on every line and the computed re-tender window are on the expiry radar.
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Regions come from the buyer's published NUTS code, which is the location of the buying authority rather than always the place the work happens. Contract end dates are published by buyers on contract details notices. Re-tender windows are computed estimates, not announcements.