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# Flexible Lifelong Learning

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-lifelong-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-06c826). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff University: "Flexible Lifelong Learning". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 29 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Cardiff University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-university-GB-PPON-PHVT-4343-HWYR)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Advertising and marketing services, Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-lifelong-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-06c826#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c826`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-lifelong-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-06c826#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcardiffuniversity%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flexible-lifelong-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-06c826#participate

## Description
Cardiff University’s new Institute for Flexible Lifelong Learning, established in August 2026, brings together the University’s long established lifelong learning and professional development portfolios into a single Institute with an expanded, future-focused approach to flexible study. The Institute builds on our strong foundations with a clear ambition – to make Cardiff University a “learning partner for life”, offering education that fits around work, life and changing career needs.
To support this ambition, Cardiff University are procuring the services of an Online Programme Management (OPM) as a flexible partner to provide specialist expertise and operational support for the development, launch and growth of a portfolio of fully online postgraduate programmes, with the first programmes expected to commence recruitment from Spring/Summer 2027 with the first cohort of students anticipated to start in academic year 2027/28.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 75121000, 79340000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £5,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 07/06/2027 to 07/06/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F098813-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-20T09:21:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T11:03:23.439Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c826