Official UK procurement notice
Accredited Housing Qualifications - Chartered Institute of Housing
Authority: Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Central government)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£450,000≈ £450k / year · £540,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to The Chartered Institute of Housing
Contract term 1 yrup to 3 yrs with extensions · starts 3 Aug 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is to bring together accredited qualifications for all grades; professional development and membership to structured continued professional development; housing specific continuous training aligned with regulatory requirements, all whilst delivering at scale and pace across a geographically dispersed workforce.
CPV: E-learning services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
- Extensions
- Extension options published
80420000 E-learning services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BST
- Authority reference
715879476- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093017- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d0f4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
- The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO), Accommodation Housing Support Service, part of the UK Ministry of Defence is to award a contract to the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) for the provision of a comprehensive package of professional housing training and accreditation required to ensure that its workforce, spanning multiple grades has access to accredited housing qualifications, structured professional development and training that is directly aligned to housing regulation and best practice. This includes leadership level understanding of regulatory expectations and operational level capability to deliver compliant, customer- focused services. The contract will be for a term of (1) year and has an estimated total value of £490,000 (exclusive of VAT). The procurement is regulated by the Procurement Act 2023. It is considered that a direct award of this contract pursuant to Section 41 of the Procurement Act 2023 is justified because the direct award grounds specified in paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 applies. This is (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons; only the Chartered Institute of Housing can provide the comprehensive package of professional housing training and accreditation services required and (b) there are no reasonable alternative providers of these services.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Planning notice published78 days ago22 Jul 2026, 14:20 BST
- Next notice expected72 days ago27 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts66 days ago3 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published6 days ago1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £490,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chartered Institute of HousingSMEAccredited Housing Qualifications3 Nov 2026 — 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2029Extensions: The extensions will be considered for a second & third year. | £490,000 | — | Standstill |
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jul 2026- Contract signature expected28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Transparency notice published1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BSTUK5
- Published value updated1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BSTwas £450,000
- Status changed to complete1 Oct 2026, 16:25 BST
- Pipeline notice published27 Jul 2026, 16:02 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published22 Jul 2026, 14:20 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)
Update to description field.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Chartered Institute of HousingAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender