Official UK procurement notice
Immersive Technology requirement. · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Construction Industry Training Board (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCITB are seeking to develop a range of immersive technologies to complement and enhance the training and educational services CITB’s National Construction College (NCC) provide to our learners. As such we are seeking the expertise and guidance of industry experts to support the development of a detailed specification of requirements which will then be used to procure these services. CITB’s aim is to develop a scope of requirements including a full end-to-end design of all associated requirements (hardware, software procurement and development, hosting and systems integration as well as other related peripherals such as power usage and internet connectivity) required to install and maintain a suite of XR technologies (e.g. immersive spaces/rooms, simulators/simulation, VR, AR and MR) designed to deliver known learning outcomes and objectives for apprenticeships and commercial courses. Learning outcomes may include – vocational trade-specific training, personal development, health and safety and hazard awareness (in construction and the built environment) The current budget for years 25-26 is £1m with the expected contract length to be 3+1 years and estimated total value of the contract being £4m approx. dependant on customer take up and budgetary approvals to continue.
Suppliers are invited to register interest and deliver a presentation based on:
“How they have delivered similar immersive technologies solutions in an educational or teaching environment, particularly in the Post-16 FE and/or HE skills sector, including an overview of why particular hardware, software and hosting options were chosen, their relative costs (purchase and maintenance) and their relative benefits, adaptability and applicability - including how and why specific immersive technologies are selected to meet the specific learning outcomes.
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CPV: Industrial and technical training services · Industrial training services · Personal development training services · Specialist training services · Training aids and devices · Training simulators · Training software development services · Training software package
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 6 Feb 2026
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
- “Immersive Technology requirement.” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 May 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2025, 19:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018611- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
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Timeline
1 May 2025 → 6 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published1 May 2025, 19:05 BST
- Market engagement20 May 2025, 00:59 BST
Suppliers are invited to register interest by 19th May 2025 and deliver a presentation based on:
“How they have delivered similar immersive technologies solutions in an educational or teaching environment, particularly in the Post-16 FE and/or HE skills sector, including an overview of why particular hardware, software and hosting options were chosen, their relative costs (purchase and maintenance) and their relative benefits, adaptability and applicability - including how and why specific immersive technologies are selected to meet the specific learning outcomes. "
With the intention that suppliers who express an interest and submit a response will be invited individually to a Teams call. Sessions will be booked for the week beginning 26/05 and possibly week beginning 02/06 depending upon the volume/quality of responses.
- Tender notice expected2 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
- Contract starts263 days ago6 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 May 2025, 19:05 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender