LCC Training Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)

Open framework scheme6 lotsServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF3)

Framework ceiling (notional)£5,000,000total for 6 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 8 Jun 2026awarded 29 Jun 2026

Awarded to ACORN TRAINING LTD +23 more6 awards

Framework period 5 yrsends 30 Jun 2031 · up to 30 Jun 2034 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026

What is being bought6 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is developing an Open Light Touch Framework focusing on the delivery of Statutory and Non-Statutory/ Best Practice Training for its staff and relevant partners in Lincolnshire. This long-term commissioning model will underpin the delivery of training from Summer 2026 and beyond.

The Framework will enable a flexible and efficient approach to commissioning Training Services for multiple Council Directorates, including Children’s Services Quality and Standards Learning and Development Training Programme. It will drive innovation and create opportunities for Suppliers.

The Open Light Touch Framework will be commissioned for a period of 5 years with the possibility of an extension of up to a further 3 years.

The Framework will be separated into Lots as follows:

Lot 1 – Health and Safety/ Fire Safety Training

Lot 2 – Safeguarding Training

Lot 3 – Diplomas and Further Education Training

Lot 4 – Professional Training

Lot 5 – Early Years Training

Lot 6 – Non-Core and/or new and Emerging Requirements

Suppliers can request to join as many of Lots 1-5 as appropriate, which will subsequently gain them automatic entry into Lot 6 (for Training Services that are yet to be established and emerge throughout the term of the Framework).

LCC Children’s Commissioning, who are leading on the procurement, are hosting a one-hour, online Supplier Briefing Event via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 13th May 2026 at 11:00am. Interested Suppliers are invited to attend this session by clicking on the link below, where a brief overview of the application process and delivery model will be presented. Participation in the Supplier Briefing Event is optional and will not influence the outcome of the procurement.

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All Invitation To Tender (ITT) documents detailing the requirements for participation and Terms and Conditions etc. will be available via the Council’s Tendering Portal, Panacea.

CPV: Adult-education services at university level · E-learning services · Education and training services · Environmental training services · Health and first-aid training services · Health training services · Higher education services · Management training services · Personal development training services · Primary education services · Safety training services · Secondary education services · +3 more

How this framework works

From the published notice

Type: Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
Call-offs: call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
Bids received: 48 bids on the busiest of 6 lots · 46 suppliers appointed
Framework period: 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Jul 2026
Scheme runs until: 30 Jun 2034
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %): Suppliers shall pay a sum of £1 to the Council as consideration upon entering into this Framework Agreement.

Published description of the framework

Selection process for the award of contracts will be evaluated according to service area agreed split of quality to price. More detailed information is detailed within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.

Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure

6 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 5 lots carries the same published figure, £833,333: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Health & Safety/ Fire Safety TrainingAwardedRenewal 5 yrsSMEVCSEceiling above

The source published no individual description for this lot.

Contract period: 1 Jul 2026 – 30 Jun 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 30 Jun 2034 with extensions