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title: "PROVISION OF UK BASED LANGUAGE TRAINING"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-uk-based-language-training-ocds-h6vhtk-068530"
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# PROVISION OF UK BASED LANGUAGE TRAINING

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-uk-based-language-training-ocds-h6vhtk-068530). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "PROVISION OF UK BASED LANGUAGE TRAINING". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £28,800,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/foreign-commonwealth-and-development-office-gov-d1315)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £28,800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Provision of language courses
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-uk-based-language-training-ocds-h6vhtk-068530#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-068530`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-uk-based-language-training-ocds-h6vhtk-068530#tl-md)

## Description
FCDO intends to procure a supplier(s) for professional language services training in up to 87 languages and management of the FCDO Language Centre. FCDO are also exploring the feasibility for Centres of Excellence to deliver a range of language training including but not limited to French, Arabic and Spanish. 
The new language training model has been designed to be scalable to meet the future needs of FCDO and HMG in terms of both volumes and languages available. 
FCDO is conducting a preliminary market engagement (PME) to inform the future procurement strategy, understand market capability, and ensure the designed competitive procedure is fair, accessible, and effective.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80580000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2028 to 31/03/2033
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F088094-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-09-17T10:02:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T22:31:00.524Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-068530