--- title: "Provision of a Cloud Transition Training Programme" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DIGITAL HEALTH & CARE WALES" published: "2026-02-26" --- # Provision of a Cloud Transition Training Programme Buyer: DIGITAL HEALTH & CARE WALES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-065cc8.json) ## Summary Digital Health & Care Wales is in the planning stage of a procurement process for a Cloud Transition Training Programme. The programme aims to drive transformation by migrating digital services to cloud platforms, focusing on enhanced reliability, security, and performance within NHS Wales. Located in Cardiff, the initiative spans multiple years and demands substantial organisational change. A pre-market engagement event is scheduled on 20th March 2026 via Microsoft Teams to discuss the programme with potential suppliers, who must register their interest by 17th March. This step aligns with the Procurement Act 2023, and the procurement falls under educational services in the public sector, with an anticipated contract period from July 2026 to March 2028. This tender presents significant opportunities for suppliers specialising in education and training services, particularly those adept in cloud technologies and organisational development. The initiative seeks a provider to deliver a comprehensive training programme, including role-aligned certifications and practical labs, with metrics for cloud proficiency directly linked to training outcomes. Valuable opportunities exist for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) comfortable with extensive skills analytics and hands-on simulations, and capable of supporting the phased migration wave strategy. Such a procurement allows companies to contribute to transformational digital change in healthcare within Wales, while offering their solutions to meet the evolving requirements of the NHS's digital strategy. ## Notice Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") has a requirement for a comprehensive Cloud Transition Training Programme to support the successful delivery of the Cloud Transition Programme ("CTP"). The CTP is a multi year transformation initiative to migrate national digital services from legacy on premises infrastructure into secure, modern cloud platforms, improving reliability, security and performance across NHS Wales. The programme also requires significant organisational change, ensuring that DHCW staff are equipped with the skills, behaviours and ways of working needed to adopt cloud services effectively. To underpin this, DHCW seeks a Supplier to deliver role aligned training, certification pathways, hands on labs and simulations, and skills analytics that integrate fully with the People and Organisational Development ("POD") portal as the system of record for enrolments, attendance, completions and certificates. The Supplier will be responsible for ensuring that sufficient staff achieve the required capability levels to support the safe and timely delivery of each migration wave. This includes actively managing learner progress, identifying skills gaps early, monitoring wave level readiness, and escalating risks that may impact the CTP schedule. Training delivery must align with the 12 week migration wave cycle, with the Supplier supporting Training Needs Analysis at the start of each wave and delivering capability uplift in accordance with the Wave Training Plan. Key deliverables and objectives of this requirement being: * Staff achieve and retain relevant cloud certifications, with lifecycle tracking and renewal prompts. * Wave aligned capability uplift (Foundation - Practitioner - Expert) supporting each migration's product/workload focus. * Hands on labs/simulations that evidence practical proficiency aligned to DHCW controls. * POD first operations for enrolment, attendance, completions, certificates, and MI in open, non proprietary formats. * Creation of DHCW specific cloud training modules tailored to DHCW guardrails, policies, Cloud Operating Model and ways of working. * Ensuring sufficient staff are upskilled and wave ready by required deadlines, through proactive monitoring of learner progress, readiness reporting and risk escalation (new requirement). * Training delivery aligned to each 12 week migration wave, with Supplier supported Training Needs Analysis and capability uplift delivered to plan. Wave readiness metrics -- including training progress, completion levels, and capability uplift status -- will form part of the Supplier's KPIs and will be reviewed through regular operational meetings and governance reviews. ### Planning Information In line with the Procurement Act 2023; DHCW Commercial Services wish to hold a pre-market engagement event prior to launching a procurement exercise for the commissioning of a Cloud Transition Training Programme. As such, discussions will be held with potential Suppliers prior to starting the tender exercise. The purpose being to both inform potential Suppliers and to allow DHCW to seek advice in the planning and enrolling of the procurement exercise. DHCW Commercial Services team will be holding an online pre-market engagement event via Microsoft Teams 20th March 2026 at 1300hrs. Attendees will be provided with an insight into the requirement and given the opportunity to ask questions in an open forum. Potential Suppliers who are interested in this pre-market engagement event are requested to complete an MS forms questionnaire, link below : https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uChWuyjjgkCoVkM8ntyPrpu9tyEgRQVIj4NHdP7XiYBUMUZGMTBQWUc5S0hIOEJRQlU2RkpJQllZQS4u Please ensure to complete the pre-market engagement form (above) and register your interest to attend before 17th March at 1300hrs. Potential Suppliers should note, that this engagement event, may not lead to a formal procurement and/or award of any framework/contracts. Further, that any information provided by potential Suppliers during this event, may be used by DHCW to help scope any proposed procurement. Any queries raised, and relevant responses, by potential bidders at the Awareness Session over Teams 20th March, will be collated and distributed to all participants within one week of the event. Accordingly, potential bidders are advised not to share any confidential information and/or information they would not wish to be shared more widely. DHCW accepts no liability for any costs incurred by Suppliers as a result of attending the engagement virtual event. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017201-2026 | | 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 | 26 Feb 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 24 Apr 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Jun 2026 - 31 Mar 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £275,000 | | 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 | DIGITAL HEALTH & CARE WALES | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF11 9AD | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Riverside | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff West | | Delivery location | TLL Wales | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 26 Feb 2026 at 10:48 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017201-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017201-2026 26th February 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://dhcw.nhs.wales/ - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=uChWuyjjgkCoVkM8ntyPrpu9tyEgRQVIj4NHdP7XiYBUMUZGMTBQWUc5S0hIOEJRQlU2RkpJQllZQS4u - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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