--- title: "Skills and Capability Analysis" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "JNCC SUPPORT CO" published: "2026-08-18" --- # Skills and Capability Analysis Buyer: JNCC SUPPORT CO Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5.json) ## Summary JNCC Support Co is procuring specialist human resources management consultancy services for a Skills Gap Analysis exercise. The supplier will design and deliver an organisation-wide assessment tailored to JNCC’s structure, job families and the Civil Service competency framework. The work must assess skills at individual, team and organisational levels, identify capability gaps across directorates, and produce evidence to support strategic workforce planning and a three-year Learning and Development Plan. The requirement is for services delivered across the United Kingdom. It is intended to establish a consistent approach to understanding current workforce skills and future capability needs, supporting decisions about people, roles, resources and learning investment. The process has reached tender: JNCC Support Co invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. Bidders could submit enquiries until 21 August 2026 at 14:00, and bids must be emailed by 10 September 2026 at 12:00. The contract is planned to run from 28 September 2026 to 15 January 2027, with a possible extension of the period to 15 January 2028. The estimated value is £34,000 excluding VAT and £40,000 including VAT. There is one lot. Evaluation criteria are set out in the Statement of Requirements. Potential follow-on work may include a skills analysis tool or database, manager guidance, and handover documentation, subject to need, funding and performance. This opportunity suits a specialist workforce, organisational development or human resources consultancy with experience of designing and delivering skills gap or capability assessments. Suppliers should be able to analyse skills consistently at individual, team and organisation-wide levels, work across different job families and apply the Civil Service competency framework. Strong evidence-gathering, analytical and reporting capability will be important, as the findings must identify common gaps across directorates and inform workforce planning and learning investment. The work also favours providers able to translate analysis into practical recommendations for a multi-year Learning and Development Plan. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, making it relevant to focused specialist consultancies as well as larger firms. ## Notice To support strategic workforce planning (effectively managing the workforce, focusing on having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles, at the right time, and at the right cost) and to inform the development of a three year Learning and Development Plan (2026-2029), we need robust, organisation wide insight into current workforce skills and future capability needs. At present, we do not have a unified approach for assessing skills, which limits our ability to identify common themes or prioritise investment effectively. We are looking to procure a specialist supplier to design and deliver a Skills Gap Analysis exercise tailored to our organisational structure, job families (a group of roles that involve similar types of work, require similar skills, or follow a similar career path) and the currently used Civil Service competency framework. The exercise will: *Provide a consistent assessment of skills at individual, team and organisational levels. *Identify common capability gaps across directorates, enabling targeted planning and resource allocation. *Generate high quality evidence to shape the 2026-2029 L&D plan. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Renewal: Bidders should be aware that there is the potential for the successful bidder to be requested by JNCC to undertake additional work on this contract into the financial year 2026/27 or 2027/2028 as follows: *Possible design of skills gap analysis tool or database (fully editable and sustainable) and Manager guidance pack, including step-by-step instructions and FAQs. *Full documentation and handover package to enable internal maintenance. Please note however that the potential for additional work to be undertaken is subject to a continuing need, availability of funds and satisfactory contractor performance. For the avoidance of doubt, no guarantee can be given that you will be asked to undertake the potential additional work outlined within this Annex A document. Bidders are not asked to provide detailed project plans for these follow-on aspects at this stage. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078444-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | 10 Sep 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 28 Sep 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £34,000 | | Lots value | £34,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | JNCC SUPPORT CO | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Postcode area | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE2 8YY | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Fletton and Stanground | | Westminster constituency | North West Cambridgeshire | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79414000 - Human resources management consultancy services ## Release History - 18 Aug 2026 at 11:05 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078444-2026 - 14 Aug 2026 at 14:51 - TenderUpdate - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077747-2026 - 12 Aug 2026 at 15:08 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076874-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078444-2026 18th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077747-2026 14th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076874-2026 12th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-20804 - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-21120 Please see the update ZIP V2. This now contains a clarification log & responses dated 14th August. - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-21219 ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e2d5.json.