Official UK procurement notice
Apprenticeships Training Marketplace Extension Notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCCS set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for a period of 48 months with the extension option of 24 months. A further extension period of 43 months has been implemented. The total duration of this DPS is 9 years and 7 months and the end date is 27 October 2028.
Bidders can request to participate for this DPS for its 115 month duration including any extension periods.
This DPS is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR), and is subject to limited regulations, in
accordance with Regulations 74-76 PCR2015. This DPS provides central government and wider public sector with the opportunity to procure services within the scope of the existing and new Apprenticeship Standards for
England (SASE) live Frameworks, Apprenticeships Standards, End Point Assessments (EPAs); and related services via a number of Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) registered suppliers on the Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) Register and or the Register of EPA Organisations (RoEPAO). CCS reserve the right to reduce, extend or terminate the DPS period at any time during its life time; as set out in the terms of the DMP Agreement.
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 9 yrs 7 mo from 29 Mar 2019
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Supplier shall have the ability to provide Apprenticeship Training and related…RenewalPublished value£800,000,000
The Supplier shall have the ability to provide Apprenticeship Training and related services to all UK central government departments, wider public sector organisations and charities.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
List and brief description of conditions:
Suppliers will be assessed on their response to the selection criteria in their request to participate for a place on RM6102 Apprenticeships Training Dynamic Marketplace. The procurement bid pack and registration details can be accessed via the following URL address: supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps ↗ and selecting the “Apprenticeship Training” link.
Please read the Dynamic Marketplace Needs document FIRST for a full overview of the procurement process and read the instructions carefully.
To register for the RM6102 DPS Agreement please select the “Access as a Supplier” link which can be located at the URL address above.
Please note that to register you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. The procurement will be managed electronically via CCS. The value provided in Section II.1.5) is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this DPS Agreement.
This procurement offering does not guarantee any minimum spend and there will be no form of exclusivity or volume guarantee under this DPS. As part of this Contract Notice the Bid Pack and the following documents can be accessed at the link provided below:
- Contract Notice authorised customer list;
- Rights reserved for CCS DPS Agreement
As part of this contract notice the following documents can be accessed a…
- “Apprenticeships Training Marketplace Extension Notice” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0%
2–333%
4–617%
7+50%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
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On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1The Supplier shall have the ability to provide Apprenticeship Training and related…Published estimate£800m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–320%
4–69%
7+65%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ASK Europe LtdWorked for this buyer | Learning and Training Services DPSnotice published Jun 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| Right Management LimitedWorked for this buyer | Learning and Training Services DPSnotice published Jun 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
| CIPD ENTERPRISES LTDWorked for this buyer | Learning and Training Services DPSnotice published Jun 2026 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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QA LimitedLarge | £13m48 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 17 live · £3.4m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=6 |
CIPD ENTERPRISES LTDLarge | £2.0m12 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 7 live · £1.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
| £80k2 awards in 36m · last this month | 2 live · £185k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 12% below n=1 | |
| £2.7m9 awards in 36m · last 7 months ago | 1 live · £7.5m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £962k2 awards in 36m · last 5 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs |
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.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- 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.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Nov 2024, 14:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Nov 2024, 14:23 GMT
- Authority reference
RM6102- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-037043- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e9Find a Tender
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.5 is only an estimate. The Authority cannot guarantee to Suppliers any business through this DMP Agreement. The Authority expressly reserves the right (i) not to award any DMP Agreement as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the customer be liable for any costs incurred by the Suppliers. The Authority may extend the duration of this DMP Agreement for any period or periods up to a maximum of 2 years (24 months) in total from the expiry of the Initial Dynamic Marketplace Period by giving the Supplier no less than three (3) months written notice. We consider that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ("TUPE") may apply at the Call for Competition. It is the Suppliers responsibility to take your own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply in the particular circumstances of the contract and to act accordingly. Please note that the original notice(s) for the RM6102 Apprenticeship Training DPS were published on Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) and Contracts Finder. As access to TED is no longer held this notice has been published on Find a Tender Service (FTS) for transparency. All relevant links can be found within the Contracts Finder notice. Please be aware the dates held within the contracts finder notice in respect of the 'Contract Start Date' and 'Contract End Date' have been revised to enable the opportunity to remain open on Contracts Finder. The 'Closing Date' input is correct and is a true reflection of the contract end date for RM6102 - Apprenticeship Training Dynamic Marketplace.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Cabinet Office Supplier Registration- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 28 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Mar 2019 → 28 Oct 2028 · 3 dates- Contract starts29 Mar 2019
- Notice published15 Nov 2024, 14:23 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Oct 2028, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.