Contracts Finder notice
con_29271 - Local support offer training and development for school business professionals
Authority: Department for Education
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis project supports the second pillar of the Opportunity Mission: "every child achieving and thriving," by strengthening financial management in schools. It will deliver 264 in-person training sessions for School Business Professionals (SBPs) by March 2027, using consistent materials across two tracks:
144 centrally organised sessions focused on key topics like ICFP, budgeting, and strategic leadership.
120 demand-led sessions offered to SBP networks, MATs, and Local Authorities to ensure broad, equitable access and evaluate reach.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_501621/1539789
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
North East, United Kingdom; North West, United Kingdom; Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom; East Midlands, United Kingdom; West Midlands, United Kingdom; East of England, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; South East, United Kingdom; South West, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision15 Dec 2025
- Notice published17 Dec 2025
- Contract starts1 Jan 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Department for EducationContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- ISBL Trading LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0d7ac7bc-d8b2-4757-bdc4-a6bb49eb7b1f-2025-12-17T11:55:06Z
- Published
- 17 Dec 2025
- Latest update
- 17 Dec 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0d7ac7bc-d8b2-4757-bdc4-a6bb49eb7b1f
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-0d7ac7bc-d8b2-4757-bdc4-a6bb49eb7b1f-1