Notice Information
Notice Title
Careers Advisor CPD - Design and Delivery of National Continuing Professional Development Programme
Notice Description
Careers Advisor CPD - Design and Delivery of National Continuing Professional Development Programme The Department for Education (DfE) has procured a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for qualified careers advisers working with young people in England. The programme will be delivered over three academic years (AY 2026/27-2028/29), with an optional extension to AY2029/30. The programme will develop and deliver a suite of six modular CPD courses, combining digital learning, webinars, expert-led content, peer interaction, and performance monitoring. It must be scalable to train at least 1,000 qualified careers advisers, prioritising Level 6 and Level 7 professionals. The successful tender submission was evaluated at PS963,860, which covers the delivery of the core requirement of 1,000 CPD module places for qualified careers advisers. The contract has been awarded with a maximum value of up to PS1,220,000, in line with the value advertised in the original notice, to provide the Department with the option to commission additional module places should demand exceed the initial 1,000 places during the contract term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1908baa5-b2ca-464a-a803-f50e96b44709
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02594229-3dd7-4455-8b45-52ec661d5e08
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,220,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £1,220,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 2026Yesterday
- Submission Deadline
- 6 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 8 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 8 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 6 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 2FJ
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/02594229-3dd7-4455-8b45-52ec661d5e08
14th July 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fd856d4a-4a5a-47f4-addd-e4bc795fa0a4
11th March 2026 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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