Official UK procurement notice
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGreater Manchester Police (GMP) is intending to tender a contract for the delivery of the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) programme. The programme will be a joint delivery between GMP and Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) with Degree Awarding powers.
The contract will seek engagement from providers willing to integrate into our existing student officer training team, based on our GMP training estate.
The expectation would be that GMP will lead all operational learning and assessments in Years 1 & 2 and the successful provider deliver the academic learning and assessments of Years 2 and 3 of the PCDA.
The tender will seek engagement from HEI providers who would consider committing to support and develop our training estate and infrastructure and, who have a proven track record for delivering high quality teaching and learning to student Police officers.
Whilst the contracting Authority is the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, this contract will be tendered and managed by the Greater Manchester Police.
CPV: Adult-education services at university level · Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 1 Apr 2025, 17:54 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Apr 2025, 16:56 BST
- Authority reference
A1016- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012934- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fba6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published1 Apr 2025, 17:54 BST
- Latest notice published3 Apr 2025, 16:56 BST
- Market engagement30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
A market engagement event for interested parties will be held at Greater Manchester Police premises on Thursday 22nd May 2025. This will include an introduction to the project, a chance to tour the site and the opportunity to ask questions.
Further engagement will take place following that event. This may include the use of a supplier questionnaire, direct engagement with interested parties or any other form of supplier engagement relevant to the contract and requirements.
Expressions of interest, and requests to book a place at the event in May 2025, must be made by contacting Ali Cordrey (GMP Procurement Manager) via email at procurement@gmp.police.uk. Clarifications may also be sought via the same address. Please quote reference A1016 on all correspondence.
- Tender notice expected1 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Apr 2025- Pipeline notice published1 Apr 2025, 17:54 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published3 Apr 2025, 16:56 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 (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender