Education & Training: UK Tenders, Buyers & Competition
CPV 80000000·Services · division·30 classes with notices·Official label: Education and training services
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 785 lots from 568 competitions run by 316 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 362 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 423 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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What a contract here is usually worth.
Middle value of published award values, VAT excluded. Framework ceilings are left out because they are not real contract values.
Based on 2,685 awards with a usable value, last 36 months.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Based on 387 decided competitions, last 36 months.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Newest open tenders
3 of 142 open for bids now · newest first
| Notice | Authority | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS) Virtual Assessment Centre (VAC) Service - NHSE | NHS England | 10 Nov 2026 | 15d | £534,780 |
| Leadership, management and professional skills development Open framework | Office for Students | 17 Nov 2026 | 22d | £1,273,332 ceiling |
| Framework Agreement - Standards and Frameworks | Skills Development Scotland Ltd | 27 Nov 2026 | 32d | £3,600,000 ceiling |
What education & training covers
Official CPV label: Education and training services · editorial summary
Funded skills development programmes, apprenticeship frameworks, adult education initiatives, and executive leadership training across central departments and local growth hubs.
Typical requirements: Apprenticeship Training Standards · Digital Skills Bootcamps · Executive & Leadership Development · Vocational Training · E-Learning Design.
Sub-sectors of education & training
30 CPV classes with notices · sorted by notices in the last 12 months · 3,672 of 9,058 notices in this division carry a class-level code
Show 1 quieter class (fewer than 5 notices in 12 months, none open)
Operation of an educational centre80490000 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — |
Who buysi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices carrying this code · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government37%(3,312 notices)
3,312 of 8,868 notices are Central government (37%).Local authorities30%(2,702 notices)
2,702 of 8,868 notices are Local authorities (30%).Other public bodies8%(682 notices)
682 of 8,868 notices are Other public bodies (8%).Education & universities7%(624 notices)
624 of 8,868 notices are Education & universities (7%).Police, fire & emergency2%(210 notices)
210 of 8,868 notices are Police, fire & emergency (2%).Not classified15%(1,338 notices)
1,338 of 8,868 notices are Not classified (15%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| NHS England | Central government | 952 | 688 | 3 |
| Health Education England | not classified | 886 | 0 | 0 |
| Ministry of Defence | Central government | 299 | 46 | 1 |
| Department for Education | Central government | 292 | 46 | 1 |
| Department for Work & Pensions | Central government | 175 | 85 | 3 |
| Somerset Council | Local authorities | 139 | 57 | 0 |
| Jisc | Other public bodies | 128 | 32 | 0 |
| UK Research and Innovation | Central government | 119 | 63 | 0 |
| Ministry of Justice | Central government | 105 | 8 | 0 |
| Jisc Services Limited | Other public bodies | 82 | 2 | 0 |
1,156 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 4,566 of 9,058 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each · competition columns: contracts awarded in the last 36 months, lots delivered in the region
| Region | Notices | Bids / lot | SME wins | Local wins |
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| South West England | 4 | 50% | 48% | |
| South East England | 2 | 51% | 31% | |
| North West England | 4 | 55% | 39% | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 50% | 36% | |
| Greater London | 4 | 43% | 41% | |
| East Midlands | 4 | 48% | 28% | |
| East of England | 4 | 49% | 19% | |
| West Midlands | 4 | 41% | 17% | |
| North East England | 4 | 44% | 27% | |
| Scotland | 2 | 60% | 63% | |
| Wales (Cymru) | 3 | 34% | 43% | |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 69% | 78% |
Local wins = the winner’s registered region is the delivery region. Dashes: fewer than ten observations.
How it is boughti
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Commercial tool, procedure route and threshold as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract87%(7,889 notices)
7,889 of 9,058 notices are Contract (87%).Framework10%(948 notices)
948 of 9,058 notices are Framework (10%).Dynamic purchasing system2%(221 notices)
221 of 9,058 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Open34%(3,113 notices)
3,113 of 9,058 notices are Open (34%).Direct award24%(2,217 notices)
2,217 of 9,058 notices are Direct award (24%).Limited / restricted20%(1,843 notices)
1,843 of 9,058 notices are Limited / restricted (20%).Route not published15%(1,331 notices)
1,331 of 9,058 notices are Route not published (15%).Selective6%(554 notices)
554 of 9,058 notices are Selective (6%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold54%(742 notices)
742 of 1,370 notices are Above threshold (54%).Below threshold46%(628 notices)
628 of 1,370 notices are Below threshold (46%).
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
Competition
Contracts published in the last 36 months (4,694) · bid counts per lot from award notices · values are net contract awards, framework and DPS ceilings excluded · SME and local status as declared
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid22%(176)
176 of 785 lots fall in 1 bid (22%).2–330%(233)
233 of 785 lots fall in 2–3 (30%).4–624%(189)
189 of 785 lots fall in 4–6 (24%).7 or more24%(187)
187 of 785 lots fall in 7 or more (24%).
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The usual range of contract values here.
The middle half of published award values, VAT excluded, with the middle value marked. Framework ceilings are left out.
Published values, not actual spend.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 785 lots from 568 competitions run by 316 buyers, last 36 months. A buyer with many similar contests counts only up to a limit. 362 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 423 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
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How much of this market is actually put out to competition.
Notices run as an open or selective procedure, out of all notices that say which procedure was used. Direct awards count as not competed.
1,498 of 4,364 notices that state a procedure, last 36 months. 330 more give no procedure and are left out.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
2,457 SME bids out of 3,444, on 650 lots where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1,248 of 2,236 awards where the winner declared its size.
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How much work here goes to companies based in the region.
Contract awards where the winner’s registered address is in this region, out of awards where the address is known.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Do winners come in above or below the buyer’s estimate.
For each lot we compare the published estimate with the award, like for like. Below means the winner was paid less than estimated, above means more.
Based on 491 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 36 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How often a tender ends with no award.
Notices cancelled, withdrawn or marked unsuccessful, plus terminated ones that never got an award.
72 of 4,694 notices, last 36 months.
Only what buyers published. Tenders that quietly went nowhere are not counted.
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How many companies apply to get onto a framework or DPS here.
Middle value per lot, frameworks and dynamic markets only. Getting onto a panel is not the same as winning work, so it is kept separate.
Based on 496 lots from 181 framework and DPS notices, last 36 months.
Who winsi
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
Ranked by distinct procedures won on notices carrying this code, then award records · 10,806 awards to 5,384 suppliers · the five most frequent winners hold 2% of contract awards in the last 36 months
| Supplier | Procedures | Awards | Last 12 months | Buyers |
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| QA Limited | 51 | 56 | 21 | 42 |
| Yeovil College | 41 | 41 | 15 | 1 |
| Learning Curve Group Limited | 30 | 49 | 5 | 26 |
| King's College London | 30 | 33 | 13 | 13 |
| The Skills Network | 29 | 35 | 5 | 21 |
| The Knowledge Academy | 27 | 30 | 9 | 15 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | 24 | 25 | 9 | 7 |
| The Growth Company Limited | 22 | 34 | 4 | 9 |
Where to submiti
Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
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Where bids for this work are submitted.
Notices by the portal in their submission link, where one is published.
E-sourcing portals named in the submission address · 2,554 of 9,058 notices name one · each portal page explains registration
Open tenders in education & training
142 open for bids now · soonest deadline first
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts here. Every notice with a CPV code starting 80, on the tender or any of its lots. A notice with several codes counts in each sector it names. Notices from 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Competition. Bids and winners cover the last three years and count each lot as its own contest; frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems are shown apart from ordinary contracts.
- Why no total spend. Notice estimates often repeat a framework’s ceiling, so adding them up would overstate the market. Typical contract values are shown instead.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.