Specialist training services: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 80510000·Services · class·in Education & Training
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 54 lots from 43 competitions run by 28 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 43 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 11 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 324 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 34 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 16 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Preventing Knife Crime: Community Champions Programme | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 16 Nov 2026 | 11d | £165,000 |
| HIV Anti-Stigma Training Programme-HIV Opt out Testing for Blood Borne Viruses programme | NHS England | 11 Nov 2026 | 6d | £900,000 |
| Level 1-3 Construction and Energy Efficiency Skills in the Community | East Lindsey District Council | 13 Nov 2026 | 8d | £75,000 |
Codes and neighbouring classes
The 8-digit CPV codes notices in this class actually use, and the other classes of the same division
80510000 Specialist training services237 notices · 35%80511000 Staff training services131 notices · 19%80512000 Dog training services5 notices · 1%80513000 Horse riding school services3 notices · <1%- Training services 406 · 12m
- Adult and other education services 124 · 12m
- Vocational training services 106 · 12m
- E-learning services 94 · 12m
- Higher education services 63 · 12m
- Training facilities 60 · 12m
- Personal development training services 58 · 12m
- Health and first-aid training services 52 · 12m
- Special education services 49 · 12m
- Primary education services 30 · 12m
- All of Education & Training →
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government55%(371 notices)
371 of 671 notices are Central government (55%).Local authorities17%(115 notices)
115 of 671 notices are Local authorities (17%).Other public bodies9%(62 notices)
62 of 671 notices are Other public bodies (9%).Police, fire & emergency8%(51 notices)
51 of 671 notices are Police, fire & emergency (8%).Education & universities3%(19 notices)
19 of 671 notices are Education & universities (3%).Not classified8%(53 notices)
53 of 671 notices are Not classified (8%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Department for Work & Pensions | Central government | 113 | 80 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 45 | 7 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY | Other public bodies | 18 | 7 | 0 |
| NHS England | Central government | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| National Highways Limited | Central government | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Defra Network eTendering Portal | not classified | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Department of Health & Social Care | Central government | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Home Office | Central government | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust | Central government | 7 | 5 | 0 |
282 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 362 of 678 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| Greater London | 4 | 44% | 50% | |
| South West England | — | 46% | 10% | |
| East Midlands | — | 46% | 8% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | — | 42% | 7% | |
| North West England | — | 53% | 19% | |
| South East England | — | 52% | 13% | |
| East of England | — | 44% | 5% | |
| West Midlands | — | 46% | 13% | |
| North East England | — | 45% | 3% | |
| Scotland | — | — | — | |
| Wales (Cymru) | — | — | 33% | |
| Northern Ireland | — | — | — |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract91%(620 notices)
620 of 678 notices are Contract (91%).Framework8%(54 notices)
54 of 678 notices are Framework (8%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(4 notices)
4 of 678 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Direct award42%(282 notices)
282 of 678 notices are Direct award (42%).Open30%(206 notices)
206 of 678 notices are Open (30%).Limited / restricted13%(86 notices)
86 of 678 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Route not published11%(75 notices)
75 of 678 notices are Route not published (11%).Selective4%(29 notices)
29 of 678 notices are Selective (4%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold40%(50 notices)
50 of 124 notices are Above threshold (40%).Below threshold60%(74 notices)
74 of 124 notices are Below threshold (60%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (476) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid19%(10)
10 of 54 lots fall in 1 bid (19%).2–343%(23)
23 of 54 lots fall in 2–3 (43%).4–628%(15)
15 of 54 lots fall in 4–6 (28%).7 or more11%(6)
6 of 54 lots fall in 7 or more (11%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 54 lots from 43 competitions run by 28 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 43 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 11 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
111 of 453 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 23 more are call-offs or give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
141 SME bids out of 193, on 49 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
111 of 210 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 38 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
2 of 476 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 13 lots from 5 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 623 awards to 481 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 6% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| College of Policing | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
| PROGRESSION DEVELOPMENT LTD | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Ernst and Young LLP | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Serco Limited | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| King's College London | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| CIPD ENTERPRISES LTD | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| University of Liverpool | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Ai Training Services Ltd | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 167 of 678 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in specialist training services
16 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| HIV Anti-Stigma Training Programme-HIV Opt out Testing for Blood Borne Viruses programme | NHS England | 11 Nov 2026 | 6d | £900,000 |
| Level 1-3 Construction and Energy Efficiency Skills in the Community | East Lindsey District Council | 13 Nov 2026 | 8d | £75,000 |
| Preventing Knife Crime: Community Champions Programme | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 16 Nov 2026 | 11d | £165,000 |
| HR Workforce & Organisational Development DPS | Nottinghamshire County Council | 31 Jul 2032 | 2,094d | £5,000,000 ceiling |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 8051. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 4 Nov 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.