Official UK procurement notice
Senior Leadership Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Authority: The Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex (Police & fire)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£50,000≈ £50k / year · £60,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 24 Aug 2026
Contract term 1 yrends 13 Sept 2027 · starts 14 Sept 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEssex Police invite suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to submit a quotation for the design and delivery of a Senior Leadership Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£50,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 4 Aug 2026, 11:09 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Aug 2026, 14:59 BST
- Authority reference
7F-2026-I833- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-073561- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dad8Find a Tender
Contract terms
- Reserved participation area
- E10000012
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 24 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
4 Aug 2026 → 14 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published79 days ago4 Aug 2026, 11:09 BST
- Clarification questions by64 days ago19 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline59 days ago24 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts38 days ago14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2026- Tender notice published4 Aug 2026, 11:09 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published4 Aug 2026, 14:59 BSTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Supplier does not need to be exclusive to the county of Essex
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender