Official UK procurement notice
Welsh Government Policy, Legislation & Government Business Learning & Development Offer
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement exercise is being conducted on behalf of the Welsh Ministers to establish a contract for the Policy, Legislation & Government Business Learning & Development Offer. The aim of this contract is to develop and deliver learning and development solutions so as to equip relevant Welsh Government officials with the necessary skills, knowledge & behaviours required for their roles so that they can effectively develop and implement policy and work on government business and constitutional matters relating to Wales.
This notice is to notify the market of the intention to award the contract and start the standstill period.
CPV: Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,000,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documents for all conditions of participation
- Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents for all conditions of participation
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 sub-criteria (5)
- Technical Question 1a: 20%
- Technical Question 1b: 20%
- Technical Question 2a: 20%
- Technical Question 2b: 20%
- Commercial submission: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Technical Question 1a: Ability to meet the requirements of the specification
- Technical Question 1b: Administration and management of contract
- Commercial submission: Cost submission for the tender. Please see tender documents for commercial template
- Technical Question 2a: Trainer experience and credibility
- Technical Question 2b: Demonstration of Delivery Expertise
- Economic & financial standing
Please see tender documents for all conditions of participation
- Technical & professional ability
Please see tender documents for all conditions of participation
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- 22 May 2025, 13:52 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 Sept 2025
- Authority reference
C259/2024/2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-035550- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051ddbFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment will be made in arrears within 30 days of receipt of a valid and agreed invoice. Invoices must show a full breakdown of costs that clearly correlate with the successful Bidder’s tender.
Please see Specification and Terms and Conditions for Services documents for all payment terms
- Risks
N/A
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
E-Tender Information:
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User
performing the Registration.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the
Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 14:00. Late bids will not be accepted.
How To Find The ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The e-tender references for this contract are: project_46113 and itt_85216
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the 'Express an Interest'
button. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the
‘Attachments’ area.
- Any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top
of this notice.
NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on
Sell2Wales at www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch… ↗
The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
Timeline
22 May 2025 → 17 Nov 2025 · 9 dates- Planning notice published22 May 2025, 13:52 BST
- Next notice expected1 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published26 Jun 2025, 17:13 BST
- Clarification questions by24 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Submission deadline31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Award decision expected by388 days ago29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts382 days ago6 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent340 days ago17 Nov 2025
- Latest notice published339 days ago17 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
Notice history
9 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 May 2025- Pipeline notice published22 May 2025, 13:52 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published26 Jun 2025, 17:13 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £2,000,00026 Jun 2025, 17:13 BST
- Status changed to active26 Jun 2025, 17:13 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Jun 2025, 17:13 BST
- Deadline published: 31 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST26 Jun 2025, 17:13 BST
- Contract award notice published17 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete17 Nov 2025, 16:26 GMT
- Contract signature expected1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Political Engagement LimitedSME2 Dec 2025 – 1 Dec 2027 · up to 30 Nov 2029Extensions: The Contract will be for a 2 year term with the option to extend for 12 months and a further 12 months thereafter. | £2,000,000 | 13 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 3 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Political EngagementAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The tender documents consist of ITT, Specification, Technical Response Template, Commercial Response template and Welsh Government Terms and Conditions for Services
- Technical specifications Please see tender documents for the tender technical details
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender