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Professional Learning Service Tool

LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT

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Award

11 Sep 2025 at 08:50

Award

23 Jul 2025 at 13:48

Award

02 Jul 2025 at 08:03

Summary of the contracting process

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government based in Cardiff has completed a procurement process for a Professional Learning Service Tool in the education industry category. The contract was directly awarded to EduPlanet 21 LLC to continue access to a bilingual asynchronous professional learning tool, crucial for understanding and developing Curriculum for Wales. This direct award procurement is justified due to EduPlanet 21's exclusive intellectual property rights over the tool. The contract, valued at £540,000 gross, is active from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2028, with extension options available up to 2030.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services, especially those focusing on curriculum design and professional learning. By engaging with the Welsh Government's initiative, businesses can explore the potential to collaborate or innovate around the Curriculum for Wales framework, enhancing their offerings and expanding their presence in the United Kingdom's educational sector. EduPlanet 21, a small and medium-sized enterprise, sets a precedent for similar organisations to leverage intellectual property in securing direct awards, illustrating how proprietary products can deliver strategic growth within niche sectors.

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Notice Title

Professional Learning Service Tool

Notice Description

Contract details notice, following the publication of a transparency notice and contract award notice. To appoint a supplier to continue access to a bilingual asynchronous professional learning tool. This unique product has bespoke design features intended to support an understanding of curriculum design expectations for schools and settings across Wales, coherent with a purpose-led, process orientated Curriculum for Wales. The supplier in question holds exclusive rights for the tool in the form of intellectual property rights. The contractor is required to support Welsh Government with preparation and delivery of professional learning, focussing on: 1. The key components of the Curriculum for Wales Framework and its practical requirements in schools and settings. 2. The strategies that may be used to help design an engaging and agile curriculum based on learner progression coherent with Curriculum for Wales. 3. Considerations for school planning, designing and implementing Curriculum for Wales. 4. The purpose of assessment in Curriculum for Wales and its requirements for designing assessment arrangements to support learner progression.

Procurement Information

This notice is to confirm the Authority's decision to award a contract to Eduplanet 21 for the continued use of a bilingual asynchronous professional learning tool to support practical curriculum design within the context of a process orientated Curriculum for Wales. The supplier in question holds exclusive rights for the tool in the form of intellectual property rights. As was noted in the previously published Transparency Notice and Contract Award Notice, it is the opinion of Welsh Government that the contract in question satisfies the requirements of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 with justification for the direct award of a contract as Eduplanet21 hold the exclusive rights including intellectual property rights for the development of the service. Therefore the requirements of paragraph 41 Direct award in special cases and Schedule 5 part (5) (a) (b) apply to the contract.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-055731
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/055660-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£200,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
£450,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Jul 20257 months ago
Contract Period
31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT
Contact Name
Rachel De Benedictis
Contact Email
cpsprocurementadvice@gov.wales
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
CARDIFF
Postcode
CF10 3NQ
Post Town
Cardiff
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Cardiff
Electoral Ward
Cathays
Westminster Constituency
Cardiff South and Penarth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

EDUPLANET 21

Further Information

Notice Documents

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