Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Researcher Development Programme - 5 Lots
Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Strathclyde seeks suppliers to design and deliver a comprehensive suite of training courses to support skills development for postgraduate researchers. Suppliers will be required to create courses that collectively address the full range of skills outlined within the defined Lots. Suppliers will be able to submit bids for one, multiple, or all Lots. Part‑Lot submissions will not be accepted; however, partnership arrangements between bidders to enable a full Lot submission will be permitted.
Lot 1 – Communicating: General
Courses in this Lot should support researchers to develop broad communication capabilities suitable for public and professional contexts. Areas that should be covered:
- Public engagement and outreach
- Developing and communicating a personal voice or brand
- Effective use of social media
- Building and engaging with professional networks
Lot 2 – Communicating: Academic
Courses within this Lot should strengthen researchers’ communication and presentation skills within academic environments. Areas that should be covered:
- Presentation skills (beginner and advanced)
- Poster design and presentation
- Viva preparation
- Three Minute Thesis training
Lot 3 – Thriving in Your Research
This Lot focuses on developing researchers’ personal effectiveness and capacity to thrive throughout the research journey. Areas that should be covered:
- Understanding and navigating the PhD journey
Time and project management
- Imposter syndrome and confidence building
- Resilience and wellbeing
- General professional skills for researchers
Lot 4 – Writing – Academic
Courses in this Lot should support researchers in developing writing skills for academic publication and research outputs. Areas that should be covered:
- Writing for and publishing in STEAM, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business journals
- Conducting and writing literature reviews
- Thesis structuring and writing
- Grant writing
Lot 5 – Writing – General
This Lot encompasses broader writing skills applicable across disciplines and contexts. Areas that should be covered:
- Writing styles and techniques
- Reflective and narrative writing
- Editing strategies, tools, and techniques
Courses provided under any Lot must:
- be a blended format of online – and in-person on the University of Strathclyde campus;
- be held at least twice during the period October-May, inclusive, depending on participant demand; be held on dates agreed prior to October each year;
- be delivered by trainers with experience delivering practical training in the Higher Education sector, with a breadth of knowledge from a range of disciplines and sectors;
- use a blended format of course materials, and individual and group-based activities;
- use practical exercises to reinforce and enhance the skills learned.
- the University of Strathclyde will provide suitable space for in-person courses, refreshment for participants, and printing of materials.
CPV: Education and training services · Specialist training services · Training programme services · Training services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Provision of Researcher Development ProgrammePlanned
Lot #2Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 2Planned
Lot 2 – Communicating: Academic
Courses within this Lot should strengthen researchers’ communication and presentation skills within academic environments. Areas that should be covered:
- Presentation skills (beginner and advanced)
- Poster design and presentation
- Viva preparation
- Three Minute Thesis training
Lot #3Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 3Planned
Lot 3 – Thriving in Your Research
This Lot focuses on developing researchers’ personal effectiveness and capacity to thrive throughout the research journey. Areas that should be covered:
- Understanding and navigating the PhD journey
- Time and project management
- Imposter syndrome and confidence building
- Resilience and wellbeing
- General professional skills for researchers
Lot #4Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 4Planned
Lot 4 – Writing – Academic
Courses in this Lot should support researchers in developing writing skills for academic publication and research outputs. Areas that should be covered:
- Writing for and publishing in STEAM, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business journals
- Conducting and writing literature reviews
- Thesis structuring and writing
- Grant writing
Lot #5Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 5Planned
Lot 5 – Writing – General
This Lot encompasses broader writing skills applicable across disciplines and contexts. Areas that should be covered:
- Writing styles and techniques
- Reflective and narrative writing
- Editing strategies, tools, and techniques
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How University of Strathclyde buys Education and training services (CPV 80), and who usually turns up
University of Strathclyde’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
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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 38 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.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid14% / 27%
2–30% / 42%
4–643% / 17%
7+43% / 15%
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.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate41% / 44%
Within ±2%55% / 40%
Above estimate5% / 16%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Provision of Researcher Development ProgrammeCPV 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 113 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–342%
4–617%
7+15%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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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 #2Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 2CPV 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 113 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–342%
4–617%
7+15%
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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 #3Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 3CPV 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 113 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–342%
4–617%
7+15%
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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 #4Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 4CPV 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 113 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–342%
4–617%
7+15%
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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 #5Provision of Researcher Development Programme - Lot 5CPV 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 113 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–342%
4–617%
7+15%
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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.
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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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2026, 16:33 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2026, 16:33 BST
- Authority reference
UOS-35870-2025- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-029967- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0679efFind a Tender
Publisher note: Courses provided under any Lot must: - be a blended format of online – and in-person on the University of Strathclyde campus; - be held at least twice during the period October-May, inclusive, depending on participant demand; be held on dates agreed prior to October each year; - be delivered by trainers with experience delivering practical training in the Higher Education sector, with a breadth of knowledge from a range of disciplines and sectors; - use a blended format of course materials, and individual and group-based activities; - use practical exercises to reinforce and enhance the skills learned. - the University of Strathclyde will provide suitable space for in-person courses, refreshment for participants, and printing of materials. All interested parties must register their interest no later than close of business on 13th April 2026 by completing the attached PIN Questionnaire and emailing it to [email protected] 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=827851. (SC Ref:827851)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
31 Mar 2026 → 18 May 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published205 days ago31 Mar 2026, 16:33 BST
- Tender notice expected158 days ago18 May 2026, 00:00 BST
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