Official UK procurement notice
RICS Online Professional Support Packages
Authority: HMRC Valuation Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAwarded contract - this means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier and is being published for transparency purposes only.
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Online Academy Development Support Packages are a core resource utilised to support the developing surveyor pipeline to upskill qualified surveyors. This learning is necessary to support the surveyor pipeline and capability within the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Feb 2026, 13:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMT
- Authority reference
VOA/2025/038- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-016916- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065c13Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Unique Work Art Performance; Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Direct Award Without Competition was our chosen route, under Procurement Act 2023: Section 41, Schedule 5, Para 4 (Single Suppliers).
RICS are in a single supplier situation and the only provider of learning of sufficient breadth, quality and subject.
RICS Online Academy Development Support Packages are a core resource utilised to support the developing surveyor pipeline and capability within the Valuation Office Agency.
Previously sourced directly through CSL (Government Campus) however this route is currently not available due to on-going contract retendering exercise
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Mar 2026 → 11 Mar 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends228 days ago6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published223 days ago11 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Feb 2026- Transparency notice published25 Feb 2026, 13:48 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Feb 2026, 14:03 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected7 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published11 Mar 2026, 14:24 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICS INTERNATIONAL LTD7 Mar 2026 – 6 Mar 2027 | £240,400 | 25 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
RICS Online Professional Support Packages · RICS INTERNATIONAL LTD
- Signed
- 6 Mar 2026
- Value
- £240,400
- Period
- 7 Mar 2026 – 6 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Supply of standard off the shelf commercial training packages.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RICS International LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender