Official UK procurement notice
National Training Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Scottish Police Authority (Central government)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis Prior Information Notice is to indicate that a National Training Framework will be developed to assist Police Scotland with an array of Personal and Specialist training for serving officers and police staff.
CPV: Education and training services · Health and first-aid training services · Health training services · Safety training services · Specialist training services · Training services
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Health and Safety TrainingPlanned
This Prior Information Notice is in relation to an opportunity for a National Training Framework.
This framework will be split into Lots and encompass a wide range of continual training required by Police Scotland Officers and Staff. This may include but not be limited too, Health and Safety, Personal Training, Staff Training, Leadership Training, First-Aid Training, Management Training, Firearms Training, legal training, specialist training.
Lot #2Specialist Training ServicesPlanned
This Prior Information Notice is in relation to an opportunity for a National Training Framework.
This framework will be split into Lots and encompass a wide range of continual training required by Police Scotland Officers and Staff. This may include but not be limited too, Health and Safety, Personal Training, Staff Training, Leadership Training, First-Aid Training, Management Training, Firearms Training, legal training and specialist training.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “National Training Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Scottish Police Authority buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
Scottish Police Authority’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Scotland.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Scotland.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 52 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid5% / 10%
2–341% / 20%
4–624% / 25%
7+29% / 46%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Health and Safety TrainingCPV 80000000Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 123 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid10%
2–320%
4–625%
7+46%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
Lot #2Specialist Training ServicesCPV 80000000Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 123 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid10%
2–320%
4–625%
7+46%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Jun 2026, 13:26 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Jun 2026, 13:26 BST
- Authority reference
PROC 26-3386- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059422- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc29Find a Tender
Publisher note: Police Scotland are looking to assess the feasibility of putting a national training framework agreement in place. This Prior Information Notice will inform the current marketplace of this potential upcoming framework and look to gain insight and knowledge across a wide range of areas of training that Police Scotland currently utilise to continue to operate effectively. Police Scotland currently have training requirements across a whole host of remits included but not limited too, Management training, personnel training, specialist training services, health and safety training, legal training, safety training and more. Police Scotland would like to invite you to participate in an introductory meeting(s) to outline the vision for this framework agreement, meet with suppliers who are new and those who are/have provided services to Police Scotland across the outlines areas mentioned within this notice. At the meeting some timelines will be able to be shared and details of how the framework would be advertised, how to bid etc will be explained. This meeting will take place via Webex and will be in two separate sessions on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th July 2026. If you are interested in this meeting, please confirm your attendance and preferred date by email to [email protected] and the meeting link will be sent across to you. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=834690. (SC Ref:834690)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
24 Jun 2026 → 14 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published120 days ago24 Jun 2026, 13:26 BST
- Tender notice expected39 days ago14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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