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title: "Functional Skills Diagnostic and Upskilling Software."
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# Functional Skills Diagnostic and Upskilling Software.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/functional-skills-diagnostic-and-upskilling-software-ocds-h6vhtk-029e1f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Health Education England: "Functional Skills Diagnostic and Upskilling Software.". Published status: complete. Published 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:** [Health Education England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/health-education-england-GB-FTS-1319)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Educational software package
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £155,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029e1f`

## 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/functional-skills-diagnostic-and-upskilling-software-ocds-h6vhtk-029e1f#tl-md)

## Description
The Supplier shall provide software to support the study of maths, English and digital skills (aka functional skills) which we will then contract out to NHS employers on a case-by-case basis. Based on current projections, we envision that we will establish contracts with around 100 large-scale employers i.e. NHS Trusts, where there will be cohorts of learners varying in size from 20 to 2,000. This number is only an estimate however and the supplier must be able to provide service to substantially more large employers than this figure, if required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48190000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The Supplier shall provide software to support the study of maths, English and digital skills (aka functional skills) which we will then contract out to NHS employers on a case-by-case basis. Based on current projections, we envision that we will est...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 005806-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **bksb Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-9718`
  - Value: £155,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 005806-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £155,000
  - Signed Date: 22/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005806-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-03-22T16:49:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:24:40.805Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-029e1f