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Visual Asset Inspector Accreditation for Flood, Coastal and Environmental Assets

Buyer: ENVIRONMENT AGENCY →

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BuyerENVIRONMENT AGENCY
StatusClosed
Deadline3 Aug 2026
Value£500,000
Published3 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The current contract with JBA for the T98 & T98a Visual Asset Inspection (New accreditation and Reaccreditation- Area Healthcheck) training ends 21/10/2026. We have used the last of the extensions (4 +1+1) so will need to undertake a procurement exercise and need L&D support to undertake this and ensure there is no gaps in our ability to deliver this training. To achieve this, we hope to have completed the procurement exercise in time to commence the new contract on 22/10/2026.

Categories

Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£500,000
Contract periodFrom 22 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (50%)
Sustainability/Social Value (10%)
Commercial (40%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 802,4713 median · 39.9 average (789 of 2,471 with a bid count)3.7 average (878 of 2,471 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer7Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2243 median · 4.4 average (8 of 224 with a bid count)1.4 average (8 of 224 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementYes
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNone

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06b593
Latest release ID062667-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jul 03 2026 09:53:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062667-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-08-03T12:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-07-06T12:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-21T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsThe procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome Any questions, requests to participate or tender submissions must be submitted electronically via this portal
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£500,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
3 Jul 2026tenderUpdate062667-2026
3 Jul 2026tender062649-2026
16 Jun 2026planning056466-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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