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Age-friendly Training

CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED

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17 Sep 2026 at 17:14

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Summary of the contracting process

The Centre for Ageing Better is procuring research, design and development services for age-friendly training products. The work will support customer-facing organisations across the UK to make services more accessible and inclusive for older people. It covers research into the existing age-friendly training landscape, identifying products for different audiences, and leading a co-designed process with people who will deliver or receive the training. The contractor will develop, test and refine products for use by age-friendly communities and other organisations in diverse local settings. Relevant subject areas include equality, diversity and inclusion, accessibility, health inequalities and service delivery. This is a services opportunity, classified under research and development services and related consultancy services, with delivery across the United Kingdom.

The procurement has reached the tender stage: the buyer invited offers through an open procedure described as above threshold. Bids must be submitted by 8 October 2026 at 5:00pm. The contract is scheduled to run from 16 November 2026 to 1 September 2027. Its estimated value is between £20,000 and £30,000, inclusive of the stated minimum and maximum estimates. The opportunity is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The requirement is presented as a single procurement rather than separate lots. The buyer is seeking a contractor to undertake the full research, design, development, testing and refinement brief for the training products.

This opportunity suits a research, service design, learning and development consultancy, or a specialist partnership able to take a project from discovery through to tested training products. Strong candidates will understand effective training approaches that support learning and behaviour change among staff in customer-facing settings. They should be able to research an existing training landscape, identify differing audience needs, and co-produce practical resources with both implementers and learners. Experience in equality, diversity and inclusion, accessibility, health inequalities or service delivery will be relevant. The work calls for capability in user research, stakeholder engagement, training design, development, testing and refinement, with the adaptability to create products for age-friendly communities and organisations working in varied local contexts across the UK.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Age-friendly Training

Notice Description

The Centre for Ageing Better is seeking a contractor to lead the research, design, and development of age-friendly training products that will support customer facing organisations be more age-friendly. The Age-friendly Training project aims to improve the quality and uptake of age-friendly training across the UK, helping more staff in customer-facing settings to have the understanding and motivation to make services more accessible and inclusive for older people. The successful bidder will lead a design process - understanding needs and co-producing training with those who may be implementing or receiving the final training. They will research the current age-friendly training landscape, identify what training products are needed for different audiences, and develop, test and refine training products that can be used by age-friendly communities and other organisations across diverse local contexts. The successful bidder will bring expertise in producing training products related to topics such as EDI, accessibility, health inequalities and service delivery. They will have a good understanding of the types of training approaches that are effective to enable learning and behaviour change of those working in customer-facing settings. Additional information: Deadline to apply is 8th October 5pm

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f69bb1dc-9571-4378-971a-0370f2baf0b7
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

CPV Codes

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£30,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
8 Oct 20263 weeks to go
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
16 Nov 2026 - 1 Sep 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1E 7FB
Postcode Area
Central London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Bloomsbury
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Further Information

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