Careers Advisor CPD - Design and Delivery of National Continuing Professional Development Programme
£1,220,000 — stated in the notice
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The Department for Education (DfE) intends to procure a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for qualified careers advisers working with young people in England.
The programme will be delivered over three academic years (AY 2026/27-2028/29), with an optional extension to AY2029/30.
The programme will develop and deliver a suite of six modular CPD courses, combining digital learning, webinars, expert-led content, peer interaction, and performance monitoring.
It must be scalable to train at least 1,000 qualified careers advisers, prioritising Level 6 and Level 7 professionals.
Route to Market This procurement will run as a competition under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Learning & Training Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) RM6219.
The opportunity will be published under: Service: Bespoke Training Category: Wellbeing and Specialist/Niche Training Filters Applied: Specialist Training and Virtual Delivery Suppliers must be admitted to DPS RM6219 under the Bespoke Training service, with the correct Wellbeing/Specialist/Niche category and filters selected, and be registered on DfE's Jaggaer platform, in order to be invited to the ITT.
Planned Procurement Launch Date The procurement is anticipated to launch on: 08/04/2026 Supplier Eligibility Cut-Off Time Suppliers must be fully admitted to DPS RM6219 and registered on Jaggaer by 12:00 (midday) on 08/04/2026 to be included in the invitation to tender.
Any supplier not accredited under the correct service, category and filters by this deadline will not be eligible to participate.
Reason for Early Notice This Future Opportunity notice is being published early to provide suppliers with sufficient time to join DPS RM 6219, select the relevant service categories and filters, and ensure eligibility before the formal launch of the procurement.
This approach maximises competition and ensure fair supplier access in line with PCR 2015.
What the notice asks for
The programme will develop and deliver
The programme will develop and deliver a suite of six modular CPD courses, combining digital learning, webinars, expert-led content, peer interaction, and performance monitoring.
It must be scalable to train at
It must be scalable to train at least 1,000 qualified careers advisers, prioritising Level 6 and Level 7 professionals.
Suppliers must be admitted to DPS RM6219
Suppliers must be admitted to DPS RM6219 under the Bespoke Training service, with the correct Wellbeing/Specialist/Niche category and filters selected, and be registered on DfE's Jaggaer platform, in order to be invited to the ITT.
Suppliers must be fully admitted to DPS
Suppliers must be fully admitted to DPS RM6219 and registered on Jaggaer by 12:00 (midday) on 08/04/2026 to be included in the invitation to tender.
This Future Opportunity notice is being published
This Future Opportunity notice is being published early to provide suppliers with sufficient time to join DPS RM 6219, select the relevant service categories and filters, and ensure eligibility before the formal launch of the procurement.
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1 named in obligation language, 1 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Suppliers must be admitted to DPS RM6219 under the Bespoke Training service, with the correct Wellbeing/Specialist/Niche category and filters selected, and be registered on DfE's Jaggaer platform, in order to be invited to the ITT.
Training Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) RM6219.
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