--- title: "CO6118 Ideas Store Learning Hub" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05118d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05118d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05118d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05118d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "TOWER HAMLETS" published: "2025-05-13" --- # CO6118 Ideas Store Learning Hub Buyer: TOWER HAMLETS Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05118d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05118d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05118d.json) ## Summary Tower Hamlets, a sub-central government public authority located in London, is in the planning phase of a tender titled "CO6118 Ideas Store Learning Hub." This initiative belongs to the services industry category, focusing on IT services including consulting, software development, and internet support. The procurement aims to update the digital skills infrastructure for the Idea Store Learning Centre, benefiting over 3,000 local residents annually. The deadline for interested parties to submit an outline of their experience and a preliminary proposal is scheduled for 2nd June 2025, with one-on-one meetings expected to follow in the week beginning 9th June 2025. The contract is set to run from January 2026 to December 2027, with a gross budget of £100,000. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT consultancy, software development, and digital security to partner with a key public authority in London's education sector. The project is particularly suited for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) due to its focus on modernising educational technology systems, integrating Microsoft 365, and enhancing digital inclusion strategies. Companies with a strong track record in providing secure, educational IT solutions and fostering digital communication will find an excellent opportunity to contribute to a future-proof digital learning environment. This venture not only promises to enhance the learning experience for local residents but also enables businesses to strengthen their presence in the public sector market by showcasing innovative solutions in educational technology. ## Notice Idea Store Learning, the community adult learning provision for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is tasked with enabling residents to develop the skills they need to become active citizens, progress in work and express themselves across different media. More than 3000 local residents enrol on over 6000 course places to develop their work and life prospects. Courses ranging from ESOL and maths to visual and performing arts enable learners to progress into employment, enhance their work skills, communicate more effectively, improve their health and wellbeing, support their children's learning and create stronger, connected communities. Digital skills are integral to the provision with digital communication and teaching embedded across all courses. Specific digital skills courses from beginner to advanced form an essential growing part of the provision as well as the council's Digital Inclusion Strategy. The current digital skills infrastructure needs updating to meet the demands of today's and tomorrow's world. The existing set up limits the use and teaching of cloud-based technologies including Microsoft 365. Digital security concerns require the learning environment to be separate from the Council's corporate network. Consequently, learners have no automated institutional email address and/or accounts, and limited means of sharing work, communicating digitally in a secure manner, or easy access to a VLE. ### Planning Information Idea Store Learning, the community adult learning provision for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is tasked with enabling residents to develop the skills they need to become active citizens, progress in work and express themselves across different media. The current digital skills infrastructure needs updating to meet the demands of today’s and tomorrow’s world. Idea Store Learning are interested in hearing from third party providers to set up and run the below proposed changes: • All Idea Store Learners have a Tower Hamlets’ Idea Store Learning email and access/licence to Microsoft 365 - including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, OneNote and other key apps • Digital skills learners have access to the above apps within a learning environment and as desktop apps. • All learners to share files and collaborate in the usual cloud-based manner • All learners use Teams for Education as the provision’s VLE • All learners able to use Co-pilot in line with data-protection policies • All learners able to use and learn about key AI tools as ChatGPT and other LLMs • Future-proofed digital skills provision so it can respond to changes in workplace and everyday practices and run a varied, modern and skills-based curriculum – including developing a process of updating digital software to ensure the curriculum is agile and responsive to a changing world • Access and safeguarding arrangements support an inclusive learning environment • A single sign-on process ensures learner accounts are set up at enrolment • Digitally secure sign-on processes • Ongoing support and management to ensure learners and tutors receive timely help and data security is maintained 2nd June 2025 Interested parties to submit an outline of experience in this area and a brief account of the steps they would take to institute the proposed changes W/B 9th June 2025 Selected providers will be invited to one-one meetings where the delivery model proposals can be assessed ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020683-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 May 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 2 Jun 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | TOWER HAMLETS | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E1 1BJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Whitechapel | | Westminster constituency | Bethnal Green and Stepney | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 13 May 2025 at 07:46 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020683-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020683-2025 13th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents - https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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