Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 14 Aug 2025, 10:36 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Delivery of Strategic HR Training & Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) Accreditation

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdConcessionSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Concession value (operator's revenue)£317,250operator revenue, not the authority's budget

Submissions closed 9 Sept 2025awarded 16 Sept 2025

Awarded to CIPD ENTERPRISES LTD2 awards

Contract term 3 yrsends 12 Oct 2028 · starts 13 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Delivery of Strategic HR Training & Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) Accreditation for Royal Navy.

CPV: Personnel-training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£317,250

Contract period: 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Oct 2028 (3 yrs)Value: £317,250 exc. VAT · £380,700 inc. VAT

Eligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

79632000 Personnel-training services

What it takes to win
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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 more

How bids were scored

Financial: Full details of the Financial Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document.
Technical: Full details of the Technical Evaluation criteria and scoring are included in the Invitation to Tender document.

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: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Concession
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 Aug 2025, 10:36 BST
Last source update: 3 Nov 2025, 12:12 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 22 Sept 2025
Authority reference: 715397450
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-048646
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Personnel-training services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0587a4 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary: Payments to be made in accordance with Terms & Conditions. Full details are included in the Invitation to Tender document.

Review and risk notes

Risks: The following risks could occur which could affect contract delivery or performance:
Changes in laws or regulations resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected delays to delivery timescales due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to costs due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to volume of deliverables due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.
Unexpected changes to scope of deliverables due to either Authority, Contractor or third party actions resulting in a need to amend the Contract timescales, costs, deliverables or scope.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE

Submission deadline: 9 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 29 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

contracts.mod.uk ↗

Timeline

14 Aug 2025 → 3 Nov 2025 · 8 dates

Tender notice published
14 Aug 2025, 10:36 BST
Clarification questions by
29 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
9 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent
16 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Award decision expected by395 days ago
22 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Standstill ends392 days ago
25 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts375 days ago
13 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published354 days ago
3 Nov 2025, 12:12 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Aug 2025

Tender notice published
14 Aug 2025, 10:36 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
16 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
16 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
Contract signature expected
1 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
3 Nov 2025, 12:12 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £317,2501 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
CIPD ENTERPRISES LTD1 Oct 2025 – 1 Oct 2028	£317,250same award published again · counted once	16 Sept 2025standstill to 25 Sept 2025	Standstill
CIPD ENTERPRISES LTD	£317,250 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 2 · CIPD ENTERPRISES LTD
Signed
14 Oct 2025
Value
£317,250
Period
14 Oct 2025 – 8 Oct 2028
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Leech Building, Whale Island, Portsmouth, South East, PO2 8BYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

CIPD EnterprisesAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PPDP-2448-CBCG 151 The Broadway, London, London, SW19 1JQContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender3 Nov 2025, 12:12 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender16 Sept 2025, 17:16 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender14 Aug 2025, 10:36 BST