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Learning and Development 2

Buyer: Government Commercial Agency →

BuyerGovernment Commercial Agency
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£4,000,000,000
Published3 Aug 2026

What is being bought

This commercial agreement will enable UK public sector organisations to procure a range of Learning and Development (L&D) services including off-the-shelf courses, coaching and mentoring services, managed learning services, bespoke training services, learning management systems, and adult skills training services from various funding streams.

Categories

Training software package 48931000Training software development services 72212931Administrative educational services 75121000Management-related services 79420000Coaching services 79998000Education and training services 80000000Training-film and video-tape production 92111100Services related to the preparation of training manuals 92312212

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 8 Dec 2027 to 7 Dec 2035
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training services, Training software package, Training software development services, Administrative educational services, Management-related services, Coaching services, Training-film and video-tape production, Services related to the preparation of training manualsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Training software package (48931000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 486,8361 median · 9.6 average (2,488 of 6,836 with a bid count)1.7 average (2,927 of 6,836 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer12Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)34Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The initial round of market engagement to inform the development of the upcoming RM6303 'Learning and Development 2' commercial agreement ran between May and June 2026. 1-2-1 video conference meetings were held with a range of organisations across our current agreements, including representation from SMEs and VCSEs. Further market engagement with customers and suppliers will be held in late 2026. We will be planning webinars for interested suppliers. We will ask for feedback on existing agreements, tendering processes, decisions made so far and proposed agreement design. Updates will be provided on the RM6303 GCA webpage (https://www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/RM6303). We encourage interested parties to register their interest in the RM6303 procurement market engagement by completing this form: https://forms.gle/s8D8tJ7eXX1khvqbA Contract locations are to be determined based on market engagement ahead of the tender being published.engagement9 Mar 2027scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068d2b
Latest release ID073097-2026
Latest release timestampMon Aug 03 2026 10:49:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£4,000,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Aug 2026planning073097-2026
28 Jul 2026planningUpdate071132-2026
27 Jul 2026planningUpdate070527-2026
28 Apr 2026planning038776-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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28 Apr 2026 · 038776-2026 · planning
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