Official UK procurement notice
BLC0307 - National Framework for Police Initial Entry Routes, Accreditation and Apprenticeships
Authority: BlueLight Commercial Limited (Public body)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionBlueLight Commercial is tendering for a Framework for Police Initial Entry Routes including Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship, Degree Holder Entry Programme for Police Forces in England and Wales. With additional Lots for Accreditation services and other Apprenticeships.
- No preliminary market engagement: Notice was published Ref: 2026/S 000-053446
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 1 Feb 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 1 Feb 2035
Who may buy through it
Police Services and Fire - Please see Statement of Requirements Annex 3 for full list of Framework Participants.
Published description of the framework
Framework will be awarded to multiple suppliers on each Lot and framework participants can call-off for services via further competition or direct award depending on their requirements.
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · same conditions of participation on every lot · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Lot 2 - DHEPRenewalPublished value£80,000,000
- Value
- £80,000,000 exc. VAT · £96,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- This is an open framework and it is intended that we will reopen at years 3 and 5 to a maximum of 8 years total
Lot #2Lot 3 - AccreditationRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
- Value
- £8,000,000 exc. VAT · £9,600,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- This is an open framework and it is intended that we will reopen at years 3 and 5 to a maximum of 8 years total
Lot #3Lot 4 - ApprenticeshipsRenewalPublished value£240,000,000
- Value
- £240,000,000 exc. VAT · £288,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- This is an open framework and it is intended that we will reopen at years 3 and 5 to a maximum of 8 years total
Lot #4Lot 1a - PCDA - EnglandRenewalPublished value£320,000,000
- Value
- £320,000,000 exc. VAT · £384,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- This is an open framework and it is intended that we will reopen at years 3 and 5 to a maximum of 8 years total
Lot #5Lot 1b - PCDA WalesRenewalPublished value£13,000,000
- Value
- £13,000,000 exc. VAT · £15,600,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- This is an open framework and it is intended that we will reopen at years 3 and 5 to a maximum of 8 years total
What it takes to wini
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Questions — 70%
- Pricing — 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Questions — Technical Questions including 10% Social Value
- Pricing — Pricing Schedule
- Economic & financial standingFor Lots 1a, 1b and 2 a bidder must have Degree Awarding Powers (DAPs) granted by the office for Students (OfS) under sections 420-46 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (HERA) For delivering to Welsh forces bidders must fulfill the legal requirements with regards Welsh Language
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How BlueLight Commercial Limited buys Education and training services (CPV 80) — and who usually turns up
BlueLight Commercial Limited’s own published record, next to the Greater London 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
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
BlueLight Commercial Limited
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 3 in division 80 (1 route not published) · 78 in all categories (39 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 61 lots. 27 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 6) and 34 from older notices (bids received, middle 3.5).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 61 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 16 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 88 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 39 notices.
Greater London · Education and training services (CPV 80)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 69 in division 80 (54 competed, 11 route not published) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 57 lots. 30 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 15) and 27 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 57 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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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.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 9 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 47 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 111 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
BLC307- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077adcFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Atamis (Health Family)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- success fee · 1% of the award value · A management charge of 1% on income received is payable to BLC for the management of this National Framework
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today25 Sept 2026, 15:50 BST
- Clarification questions byin 28 days23 Oct 2026, 16:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 56 days · period end, not a bid countdown20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 128 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 129 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Sept 2026, 15:50 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declaration
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender