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Strategic Legal Training

COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

24 Jul 2026 at 15:57

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

24 Jul 2026 at 15:48

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

10 Jul 2026 at 15:09

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Planning

11 Aug 2025 at 11:52

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The College of Policing Limited procured strategic legal training services for delivery across the United Kingdom. The work covers legal subject-matter expertise and training relating to police misconduct, including support for developing and improving training products for senior police officers and staff. The requirement supports the College’s wider role in producing national guidance and learning products that help officers and forces manage risk, safeguard the public, respond to changing legislation and policy, and maintain professional and ethical standards. The service is classified as legal advisory and information services (CPV 79140000), with an additional classification for legal advisory services. The appointed provider is John Beggs Training Limited, an SME based in Herefordshire.

This procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award for technical reasons, following market engagement and a Request for Information. The award was made to John Beggs Training Limited on 11 July 2026, and the contract was signed on 24 July 2026. The contract value is £480,000 excluding VAT, or £576,000 including VAT. The contract runs from 6 August 2026 to 30 June 2029, with an option to extend by up to 24 months in 12-month increments, giving a maximum end date of 30 June 2031. A standstill period ended on 5 August 2026. The College’s stated rationale was that the requirement needed highly specialised professional qualifications, knowledge, experience and skills, and that only one suitable response was received.

This award demonstrates demand from the College of Policing for specialist legal training connected with police misconduct and the development of learning products for senior police officers and staff. A credible future competitor would need substantial expertise in the legal framework governing police misconduct, recognised professional qualifications, and proven experience advising on or contributing subject matter to complex police misconduct work. It would also need to turn that expertise into clear, practical training that supports ethical decision-making, accountability, changing legislation, policy and operational risk. The requirement suits a specialist legal training provider or individual legal expert able to work closely with a national policing body and produce authoritative learning materials, rather than a general training company without deep police misconduct knowledge.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Strategic Legal Training

Notice Description

Provision of strategic legal training.

Planning Information

The Request for Information will be published on the Home Office JAGGAER E-Sourcing Portal - see link here: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/go/71245911019898C17F9E Interested Suppliers are invited to answer the questions in the RFI Document and upload the completed response to the E-Sourcing Portal

Procurement Information

The College is responsible for developing and disseminating national guidance and learning products that support officers and forces in managing risk, safeguarding the public, and maintaining public trust. This includes ensuring that officers and staff are equipped with the knowledge and skills to navigate complex ethical challenges, comply with evolving regulations, and uphold the highest standards of conduct. Through its Code of Ethics and associated frameworks, the College provides a foundation for ethical decision-making and accountability. It also leads on the development of training and resources that help forces respond to changes in legislation, policy, and operational risk, ensuring consistency and professionalism across the service. Over recent years the College has developed training products aimed at Senior Police Officers and Staff to support in understanding the legal framework in terms of Police Misconduct. The College therefore has a continual requirement to engage with legal experts in this highly specialised area of the law. Through the College's involvement in some high-level Police Misconduct Investigations a relationship with a high-profile KC (John Beggs) in this area was formed. This KC became involved in advising on and providing subject matter input into the College's specific training products in relation to Police Misconduct. The College Operational Standards Team has since developed in-depth market inside, through extensive desk top research, informal engagement with potential suppliers and continuous market scanning to ascertain potential options for contracting. As a result, the College has commissioned work with John Beggs Training Ltd on several occasions via Direct Award. However, the question whether this kind of requirement could be competed, and if any viable alternative Suppliers still existed remained unanswered. The College published a Preliminary Market Engagement Notice via Find a Tender Reference 2025/S 000-047590 on 11th August 2025 and subsequently ran a Request for Information via the Home Office E-sourcing Portal - Jaggaer Project Ref_19439, ITT_1557 on 20th August 2025. The Deadline for Responses was 29th August 2025. Initially nine (9) Organisations expressed interest in responding, however in the event the College received only one (1) response. John Beggs Training Ltd was invited to participate and provided the only response. This indicates that an absence of competition exists for technical reasons, that is: There is only one Supplier that has the relevant standard of professional qualification, knowledge, experience and skillset to be able to satisfy the College's requirements in this highly specialised area. We believe that the conditions of Schedule 5 Para 6 of the Procurement Act 23 can be applied here and that a Direct Award to John Beggs Training Ltd for technical reasons due to absence of competition will be justifiable. Through our own desk top research, informal networking and market scanning and the recent formal Market Engagement we have proven that only John Beggs Training Ltd has the specific know-how, experience and skill set to be able to provide the legal Subject Matter expertise needed to support the further development of College Training Products in relation to Police Misconduct.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-058506
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070443-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, 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

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79111000 - Legal advisory services

79140000 - Legal advisory and information services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£480,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
£480,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 Jul 20261 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
29 Aug 2025Expired
Award Date
10 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
6 Aug 2026 - 30 Jun 2029 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
COLLEGE OF POLICING LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
COVENTRY
Postcode
CV8 3EN
Postcode Area
Coventry
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG13 Warwickshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Rugby
Electoral Ward
Dunsmore
Westminster Constituency
Kenilworth and Southam

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

JOHN BEGGS TRAINING LIMITED

Further Information

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