The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Learning and Training Services DPS
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service has published 8 Education & Training notices, about every 11 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around May 2027.
67% of The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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CCS set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for an initial period of 48 months with the extension option of 24 months.
A further extension has been agreed and will be utilised and the end date of this DPS will now be 27/10/2028.
The contract value of the RM6219 Learning and Training Services DPS has been uplifted by 50% (from £300m to £450m).
This DPS was procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR), and will subject to limited regulations, in accordance with Regulations 74-76 PCR2015.
This DPS allows for the provision of training services to be utilised by UK Public Sector Bodies, particularly benefitting the wider public sector and the third sector, but not excluding central government - more information around eligible users of the DPS can be found in the Additional Information Section VI.3 The aim of this DPS will be to provide access to a variety of providers offering a range of high quality blended learning and development services designed to meet the needs of UK Public Sector Bodies that will cover, but will not be limited to: ● Off the shelf training ● Bespoke specialist training Further information is included in the Additional Information section VI.3
What the notice asks for
The aim of this DPS will
The aim of this DPS will be to provide access to a variety of providers offering a range of high quality blended learning and development services designed to meet the needs of UK Public Sector Bodies that will cover, but will not be limited to:.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
The contract value of the RM6219 Learning and Training Services DPS has been uplifted by 50% (from £300m to £450m).
CCS set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for an initial period of 48 months with the extension option of 24 months.
Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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