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title: "CSP26613 - Panel Convenor Training"
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# CSP26613 - Panel Convenor Training

Buyer: UKRI  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e561

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## Summary

UKRI is seeking a specialist training partner for EPSRC panel convenors. The supplier will design, deliver and iteratively improve training that helps EPSRC staff lead and run peer review funding panels effectively, consistently and transparently. The training is intended to strengthen convenors’ knowledge, confidence and ability to intervene when needed, support fair and objective funding decisions, reduce risks of bias and create a lower-pressure panel environment. Delivery must align with EPSRC governance requirements, UKRI’s Principles of Peer Review and EPSRC commitments under its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plans. This is a specialist training services requirement, delivered for EPSRC staff and supporting UKRI’s internal capability.

The procurement has reached tender: UKRI invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. It is a single-lot service requirement with an estimated value of £80,000 excluding VAT and £100,000 including VAT. The contract period is 29 September 2026 to 28 September 2029. Enquiries were due by 11:00 on 26 August 2026, and offers were due by 11:00 on 7 September 2026. Offers could be submitted electronically through the Jaggaer procurement portal. Evaluation is weighted 90% technical and 10% commercial. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. Selection requirements are set out in the tender documentation.

This opportunity suits specialist learning and development providers with demonstrable expertise in designing and delivering training for complex professional or governance environments. Strong candidates will understand peer review, panel-based decision making, facilitation and the practical management of group dynamics, including when and how a convenor should intervene. Relevant experience in reducing bias, promoting fair and transparent decisions, and strengthening confidence in organisational processes will be important. Suppliers should be able to translate governance requirements and equality, diversity and inclusion commitments into practical training for staff, then refine the content iteratively in response to learning and operational needs. The work is suitable for organisations able to provide a sustained, structured training partnership rather than a one-off course.

## Notice

Panel Convenor Training - Following the success of the Panel Process Adviser pilot in EPSRC in 2024/5, we are looking for a specialist training partner to provide state of the art training that strengthens our Panel Convenors' knowledge, confidence, and ability to intervene when needed to ensure fair and objective decision making when convening funding panels. This support will help create a lower pressure panel environment where convenors have the cognitive space and autonomy to act effectively. Scope of Requirement Overview: * This procurement seeks to appoint a supplier to design and deliver training for EPSRC panel convenors, who are EPSRC staff responsible for convening and running peer review panels. The training will support convenors to lead panels effectively, consistently and transparently, in line with EPSRC governance requirements, UKRI's Principles of Peer Review, and EPSRC's commitments under its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plans. * The scope of the requirement covers the development, delivery and iterative improvement of training content that builds EPSRC's internal capability to manage panel processes, mitigate risks of bias, and ultimately further strengthen confidence in funding decision making.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078009-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 29 Sep 2026 - 28 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £80,000 |
| Lots value | £80,000 |
| 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 | UKRI |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 11:06 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078009-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078009-2026
  17th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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