Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Mystery Shoppers
Notice Description
CITB operates mystery shops with the core objective of consistently monitoring testing and training centres to provide CITB with assurance that those centres are operating and following the scheme rules for each product and are delivering the standards and customer experience CITB expects.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 3 years with an option to extend for 1 year (3+1)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067cc9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063513-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79310000 - Market research services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £306,472 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £306,472 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £306,472 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £306,472 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Jul 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 May 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 Jun 20262 months ago
- Contract Period
- 21 Jul 2026 - 20 Jul 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
- CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PETERBOROUGH
- Postcode
- PE7 8HP
- Post Town
- Peterborough
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH41 Peterborough
- Delivery Location
- TLH11 Peterborough
-
- Local Authority
- Peterborough
- Electoral Ward
- Hargate and Hempsted
- Westminster Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063513-2026
7th July 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/052760-2026
4th June 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031365-2026
7th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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