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title: "EWC Direct Award Professional Learning Passport"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ddb0"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Education Workforce Council"
published: "2026-08-06"
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# EWC Direct Award Professional Learning Passport

Buyer: Education Workforce Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ddb0

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## Summary

The Education Workforce Council is procuring professional learning and e-learning services for its Professional Learning Passport (PLP), a flexible online e-portfolio available to all EWC registrants. The requirement covers continued provision of the PLP service, including the online platform and associated system compatibility. Delivery is for users across the United Kingdom. The contract is intended to maintain the existing service for EWC registrants rather than introduce a separate or replacement platform. It is a single-supplier service requirement, with one completed lot. The buying organisation is the Education Workforce Council, a Welsh public authority based in Cardiff. The service is relevant to suppliers providing online learning platforms, e-portfolios or closely related digital professional development systems.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award to PepplePad, although the published award status is pending. The stated rationale was to maintain service continuity and system compatibility, support managed transition and handover, and avoid technical disruption, duplicated transition and knowledge-transfer costs. The award date is 6 August 2026. Its value is £398,667 excluding VAT, or £478,400 including VAT. The contract period is 15 September 2026 to 15 September 2028, with a maximum extent to 15 September 2029. A contract signature is scheduled for 14 September 2026. The award covers e-learning services and includes renewal options for additional licences or development work. Evaluation was not competitive: the direct-award decision relied on continuity, compatibility, delivery stability and cost-effectiveness.

For a supplier that did not win this procurement, the award demonstrates an established requirement for a dependable online professional learning passport serving all Education Workforce Council registrants. A credible future competitor would need to provide a flexible e-portfolio and e-learning environment, demonstrate strong system compatibility with an incumbent or existing service, and manage migration, handover and knowledge transfer without disrupting users. Capability to support additional licences and platform development would also be relevant. The buyer’s stated concerns show that technical stability, continuity of service, delivery risk and avoidance of duplicated transition costs are central commercial considerations. Suppliers should therefore be able to evidence robust implementation and support processes, platform continuity, scalable user access and experience maintaining digital learning services for a public-sector workforce.

## Notice

The Professional Learning Passport (PLP) is a flexible online e-portfolio available to all EWC registrants.The requirement will be awarded to a single supplier under a direct award arrangement to ensure continuity of service and will maintain service continuity and system compatibility, and avoid unnecessary technical disruption and transition costs. Appointing an alternative supplier would create significant technical difficulties and result in a duplication of costs through transition and knowledge transfer activities, increasing delivery risk and potentially impacting service continuity. Retaining the incumbent supplier provides the most efficient and cost-effective solution.

### Procurement Information

To maintain continuity of service and delivery, support managed transition and handover activity and ensure stability

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074716-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 15 Sep 2026 - 15 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £398,667 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Education Workforce Council |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Postcode area | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF24 0AB |
| 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 | Plasnewydd |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PepplePad |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80420000 - E-learning services

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2026 at 13:06 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074716-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074716-2026
  6th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ewc.wales
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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