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West Sussex County Council

Learning and Development Suppliers Framework

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£3.2m
Deadline30 Sept 2026
Published26 Jun 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Jun 202631 days leftCloses 30 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Lucy Kelly
BSDProcurement@westsussex.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.2mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£3.5m

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.

When this comes round again

West Sussex County Council publishes Education & Training work continuously — 21 notices, roughly one every 73 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

West Sussex County Council are creating a new Framework for Learning and Development to onboard training delivery providers.

This framework is intended to establish a flexible and high-quality pool of approved Learning and Development (L&D) Suppliers who can deliver a broad range of services across defined Lots: Lot 1 - Leadership, Management, Coaching & Professional Supervision Lot 2 - Health & Social Care Workforce Development Lot 3 - Corporate Skills, Organisational Development, Culture, Wellbeing & Change Lot 4 - Digital Learning Design and Development Lot 5 - IT & Digital Skills Training

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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This framework is intended to establish

This framework is intended to establish a flexible and high-quality pool of approved Learning and Development (L&D) Suppliers who can deliver a broad range of services across defined Lots:.

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What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£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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  • 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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064af2
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
060244-2026
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