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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Learning and Training Services DPS

Business ServicesCPV 80560000
Value£850.0m
Deadline27 Oct 2028
Published5 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 5 Jun 2026792 days leftCloses 27 Oct 2028
Who to contact
supplier@gca.gov.uk
+44 3454102222

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Contract value in context
£850.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£918.0m

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.

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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.

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The brief

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

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

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.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
The contract value of the RM6219 Learning and Training Services DPS has been uplifted by 50% (from £300m to £450m).
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
CCS set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for an initial period of 48 months with the extension option of 24 months.

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What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

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%

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  • 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

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
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tender · Open
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Buyer ref
053290-2026
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