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title: "Writer services for training content development (tranche 2)"
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# Writer services for training content development (tranche 2)

Buyer: Department for Education  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b599b623-e5d1-4deb-a669-ed6a88e1a236

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## Summary

The Department for Education bought specialist writing and subject expertise to develop training content for a qualification. The work covered preparing content for the Department’s consultation and producing the final published content for awarding organisations to use when developing the qualification for delivery. This is education and training services work, specifically curriculum and qualification content development rather than general training delivery. The buying organisation is the Department for Education, based in Nottingham. The requirement’s stated delivery coverage includes the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, Europe, British Overseas Territories and the rest of the world, so suppliers needed to be able to support content development for a wide geographic audience.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. The Department for Education selected Vocation Online Limited through a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The award was made on 21 July 2026, and the contract period runs from 23 July 2026 to 28 February 2027. The awarded value is £35,400. The requirement was for one tranche of writer services to develop subject content for consultation and publication; no separate lots are recorded. Small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises were considered suitable. The published information does not set out a specific scoring formula or detailed evaluation criteria, so the basis for comparing suppliers beyond the framework call-off route cannot be described.

For suppliers that did not win, this award confirms demand from the Department for Education for specialist writers able to turn subject expertise into consultation-ready and publishable qualification content. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need strong subject knowledge, clear technical writing and the ability to develop material that awarding organisations can use to build qualifications for delivery. Experience preparing content for public consultation and revising it into a final version would be directly relevant. The successful supplier was an SME, and the buyer identified SMEs and voluntary, community and social enterprises as suitable, indicating that the work is not restricted to large providers. Suppliers would also need to be positioned to support a requirement with broad international delivery coverage and to compete through a framework call-off route.

## Notice

For the provision of technical expertise to develop subject content for DfE's content consultation and the final version that is published by DfE for awarding organisations to develop the qualification for delivery.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5081a87d-a16e-4c72-8b88-f2b1d63eafb3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 23 Jul 2026 - 28 Feb 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £35,400 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Education |
| Locality | NOTTINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Nottingham |
| Postcode | NG2 1AW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF14 Nottingham |
| Local authority | Nottingham |
| Electoral ward | Meadows |
| Westminster constituency | Nottingham South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Vocation Online Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 12 Oct 2026 at 16:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5081a87d-a16e-4c72-8b88-f2b1d63eafb3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5081a87d-a16e-4c72-8b88-f2b1d63eafb3
  12th October 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4fdd554c-796d-40fb-b0e2-4190a16755ca
  n/a

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