--- title: "Age-friendly Training" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED" published: "2026-09-17" --- # Age-friendly Training Buyer: CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3ba2d449-0188-4d7f-994a-628725c5bd10.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f69bb1dc-9571-4378-971a-0370f2baf0b7 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 8 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 16 Nov 2026 - 1 Sep 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £30,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER LIMITED | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | Central London | | Postcode | WC1E 7FB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden | | Local authority | Camden | | Electoral ward | Bloomsbury | | Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 17 Sep 2026 at 17:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f69bb1dc-9571-4378-971a-0370f2baf0b7 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f69bb1dc-9571-4378-971a-0370f2baf0b7 17th September 2026 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://ageing-better.org.uk/request-quotation-rfq-age-friendly-training ## Notice URLs - https://ageing-better.org.uk/uk-network-age-friendly-communities ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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