Official UK procurement notice
Technical & Vocational Subject Teaching Professional Development
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Education (DfE) have procured a supplier to design and deliver a national Technical and Vocational subject teaching Professional Development (PD) and organisational support programme to support providers delivering technical and vocational qualifications, including T Levels, V Levels and Level 2 Pathways. The contract will begin on 1 June 2026 with delivery commencing from 1 September 2026. The contract will run for three years until 31 August 2029, with an option to extend for a further one year to 31 August 2030.
The programme will provide evidence based subject specific and pedagogical training for teachers, industry led upskilling sessions to ensure teaching reflects current industry practice, and regional collaboration networks to support peer learning and sustainable processes. In addition, the supplier will deliver organisational support for leaders and other provider staff to help providers plan, implement, and scale their technical and vocational offer in line with qualification reform and wider 16–19 pathways.
The contract will involve a blend of pre recorded materials, live online sessions and in person activity. Significant new content development is expected as specifications for new qualifications become available. Delivery must align with wider FE workforce reforms, including evidence led PD principles.
The procurement included social value as part of the evaluation criteria weighted at 10% and will cover MAC2a: Learning and skills development opportunities relevant to the contract to address skills gaps, in relation to PPN002 "Taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts”.
CPV: Education and training services · Personal development training services · Vocational training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£19,416,667
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: The purpose of the Quality Evaluation is assessing the Potential Supplier’s proposals to deliver the Services to the requirements set out in the Specification. The Quality element will constitute 75% (with 10% being allocated to social value) of the Overall Tender Score. The Department shall add together the Final Quality Score and Final Price Score to produce the Overall Tender Score. The Department will produce a ranked list of the Most Advantageous Tenders (MATs). The Potential Supplier with the highest Total Score will be ranked first and the one with the lowest Total Score will be ranked last. The highest ranked will be the Preferred Supplier. The Quality questions are detailed in Jaggaer.
- Price: The Department will use the Tendered Prices from Potential Supplier’s Pricing Schedule to calculate the Total Price Score. A compliance check will be undertaken to ensure the Potential Supplier’s Pricing Schedule complies with the requirements of this ITT. Failure to submit a Pricing Schedule that complies with this ITT may result in the Tender being deemed as non-compliant and excluded from further participation in this Procurement. The Pricing Schedule is available for download from Jaggaer.
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 14:50 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 09:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 19 May 2026
- Authority reference
ITT_3814- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008505- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052361Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Standard Mid Tier Contract
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 6 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published23 May 2025, 14:50 BST
- Next notice expected266 days ago26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published263 days ago30 Jan 2026, 14:19 GMT
- Clarification questions by250 days ago12 Feb 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline230 days ago4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent155 days ago18 May 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by153 days ago19 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends144 days ago28 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts141 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published75 days ago6 Aug 2026, 09:21 BST
Notice history
14 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Pipeline notice published23 May 2025, 14:50 BSTUK1
- Planned procurement notice published14 Jan 2026, 10:36 GMTUK3
- Published value published: £15,000,00014 Jan 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Procurement method changed14 Jan 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Deadline published: 4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT14 Jan 2026, 10:36 GMT
- Tender notice published30 Jan 2026, 14:19 GMTUK4
- Published value updated to £19,416,66730 Jan 2026, 14:19 GMTwas £15,000,000
- Status changed to active30 Jan 2026, 14:19 GMT
- Deadline moved to 4 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT30 Jan 2026, 14:19 GMT+0 days · was 4 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract award notice published18 May 2026, 15:30 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete18 May 2026, 15:30 BST
- Contract signature expected29 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Jul 2026, 10:13 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published6 Aug 2026, 09:21 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-01: 2 releases · 14 Jan 2026, 30 Jan 2026
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association of CollegesSMETechnical and vocational subject teaching professional development1 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030Extensions: +1 year optional extension | £19,234,864 | 15 May 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Association of CollegesSME
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2026
- Value
- £23,081,837
- Period
- 4 Jun 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional 1year extension
- Change Redacted contract included
1 agreed KPI: N/A
- N/A
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 3 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- did not winCognition Education Ltd.SME · Greater London
- did not winEducation and Training Foundation · Greater London
- did not winMatt Hamnett & AssociatesSME · South East England
- did not winPearson Education Limited · Greater London
- did not winUniversity Vocational Awards CouncilSME · North West England
- wonAssociation of CollegesSME · Greater London
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Association of CollegesAwarded supplier
- Cognition Education Ltd.Bidder / tenderer
- Education and Training FoundationBidder / tenderer
- Matt Hamnett & AssociatesBidder / tenderer
- Pearson Education LimitedBidder / tenderer
- University Vocational Awards CouncilBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract TV Levels Professional Development
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender