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# Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/foundation-in-human-centred-design-cpux-f-training-and-certification-ocds-h6vhtk-078634). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Work & Pensions: "Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Work & Pensions](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-work-pensions-gov-d10)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £12,950 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/foundation-in-human-centred-design-cpux-f-training-and-certification-ocds-h6vhtk-078634#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078634`

## 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/foundation-in-human-centred-design-cpux-f-training-and-certification-ocds-h6vhtk-078634#tl-md)

## Description
Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification.
GAIN UX Training - Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification
The course is based on content from the International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board (UXQB) and is delivered remotely.
The course provides an introduction to usability and user experience in the areas of:
•	Usability principles and guidelines
•	Understanding and defining the context of use:
o	Procedures for analysis
o	Observation
o	Interviews
o	Personas
o	Scenarios
o	User groups
•	How to gather and specify user requirements
•	Describing user interactions:
o	Design
o	Low and high-fidelity prototypes
o	Dialogue principles
o	Heuristics
o	Guidelines
o	Best-practice error messaging
•	Usability testing and other evaluation methods
o	A step-by-step approach to running a usability test
o	Typical errors
o	Heuristic evaluation
o	Questionnaires
•	Interviews
o	Personas
o	Scenarios
o	User group profiles
•	Systematically deriving user needs from context of use descriptions
o	Differentiate between types of user needs
o	Apply quality factors for user needs
o	Recognise user needs in context of use information
o	Formulate user needs so that enables requirements can be derived
•	Deriving, specifying, structuring and prioritising user requirements
o	Validate user requirements with users
o	Use of a structured scheme for prioritisation
o	Ranking the relevance of user requirements together with users
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## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80511000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **THIS IS GAIN LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PHHH-8326-ZYLY`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £12,950
  - Signed Date: 12/10/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F096379-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-13T08:53:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-15T13:16:15.402Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078634