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Published 18 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ITT - Delivery of a Heritage Schools Programme in the South West of England - UID 354

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-077532
Creator: Historic England
Published: 2026-09-18T10:12:48.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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Authority: Historic England (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published

Published estimate £25,000£30,000 inc. VAT

Submission deadline 16 Oct 202609:30 BST · 27d 21h left

Clarification cut-off 12 Oct 202617:00 BST · questions to the authority

Contract term 8 mostarts 1 Dec 2026

Bids per lot · this authority 6all categories · n=17 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Historic England is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to design and deliver a teacher professional development programme in the South West of England. The programme will focus on building teachers’ confidence, capacity and capability to use local heritage and the historic environment within curriculum-based teaching and learning. It is not intended to provide one-off workshops for pupils, but to support teachers and schools to embed local heritage learning in a meaningful and sustainable way, supported by appropriate local heritage partnerships and Historic England resources.

CPV: Education and training services · Research consultancy services · Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1Lot 1 8 moPublished valueAED 25,000

Contract period: 1 Dec 2026 — 30 Jul 2027 (8 mo)Turnover guideline: ~AED 50,000/yr≈ 2× annual value

Value: AED 25,000 exc. VAT · AED 30,000 inc. VAT

73210000 Research consultancy services80000000 Education and training services80521000 Training programme services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more

How bids are scored

Price weighting 30% Quality weighting 70%

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Historic England buys Training facilities (CPV 8052) — and who usually turns up

Historic England’s own published record, next to the South West England market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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 contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Historic England

contract notices in 36 months: 4 in CPV 8052 · 12 in division 80 · 84 in all categories (2 direct)

Bids per lot6all categories · 36m · n=17 lots

Single-bid lots18%all categories · 36m · n=17 lots

Award vs estimate1% belowdivision 80 · 36m · n=6 pairs

Deadline → award12dall categories · 36m · n=6 notices

Notice updates1all categories · 24m · n=159 notices

Awarded without competition0%CPV 8052 · 36m · n=4 notices

Bids per lot robust · n=17

1 bid 18%
2–3 24%
4–6 18%
7+ 41%

Median 6 · 17 lots on 17 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=6

Below estimate 33%
Within ±2% 50%
Above estimate 17%

6 lot pairs · division 80.

The market · authority’s region

South West England · Training facilities (CPV 8052)

contract notices delivered in South West England in 36 months: 10 in CPV 8052 (8 contested) · 235 in division 80 (208 contested) · the notice publishes no delivery location, so the authority’s registered region is used

Bids per lot3.5CPV 8052 · 36m · n=4 lots

Single-bid lots25%CPV 8052 · 36m · n=4 lots

Award vs estimate1% belowdivision 80 · 36m · n=87 pairs

Deadline → award44ddivision 80 · 36m · n=53 notices

SME bidders63%division 80 · 36m · n=46 lots

Winners based in the region50%CPV 8052 · 36m · n=6 awards

Bids per lot moderate · n=4

1 bid 25%
2–3 25%
4–6 50%
7+ 0%

Median 3.5 · 4 lots on 4 contested notices · CPV 8052.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=87

Below estimate 46%
Within ±2% 43%
Above estimate 11%

87 lot pairs · division 80.

robust · n=6 Awards in Historic England (division 80, n=6 pairs) land a median 1% below: on this notice’s £25,000 that is about £24,775. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care

Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
“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: Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Open for tender
Procurement threshold: Below threshold
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 18 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
Last source update: 18 Sept 2026, 11:12 BST
Authority reference: PREF 00000609
Latest notice: Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesResearch consultancy servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077532 Find a Tender