---
title: "Provision of Training Managed Services ESPO 2026"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fa48"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Natural Resources Wales"
published: "2026-09-15"
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# Provision of Training Managed Services ESPO 2026

Buyer: Natural Resources Wales  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fa48

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## Summary

Natural Resources Wales is procuring a fully managed training service for its organisation. The appointed provider coordinates and delivers the authority’s training requirements through a catalogue of pre-approved training suppliers and courses. The service covers training sourcing, supplier management and delivery coordination, providing a single managed route for education and training services (CPV 80000000). Its purpose is to streamline access to training while reducing Natural Resources Wales’s internal administration and the effort needed to manage multiple training suppliers. The buyer is Natural Resources Wales, a Welsh public authority based in Cardiff. The service supports the authority’s training requirements across its operations in Wales and is categorised as a services procurement.

This procurement is complete and was awarded through a selective, non-competitive call-off under the ESPO 383_25 framework, Lot 1 for managed service providers. The award was made to Capita on 14 September 2026. The awarded value is £1,000,000 excluding VAT and £1,200,000 including VAT. The contract period runs from 18 September 2026 to 17 September 2030. The arrangement covers one lot. The award is active and the tender is complete; the scheduled contract signature date is 17 September 2026. The selected provider is responsible for the full managed training service, including coordination and access to approved training suppliers and courses. The published procurement information identifies the framework call-off route and the service scope as the basis for the award.

For a supplier that did not win this award, the procurement demonstrates sustained demand from Natural Resources Wales for an outsourced training-management capability rather than isolated course delivery. A credible future competitor would need to coordinate a broad range of training requirements, manage relationships with multiple approved training suppliers and maintain an effective catalogue of suitable courses. It would also need to provide dependable end-to-end administration, from identifying or arranging training through to delivery coordination, while helping the buyer reduce internal workload. Evidence of managing complex training portfolios, quality assurance across third-party providers and value-for-money course sourcing would strengthen a supplier’s position. The framework call-off route also indicates that familiarity with public-sector framework procurement and managed-service delivery is commercially relevant for this buyer.

## Notice

ESPO 383_25 Call-off under Lot 1 (Managed Service Provider) for the provision of a fully managed training service. The appointed provider will take responsibility for coordinating and delivering NRW's training requirements through access to a catalogue of pre-approved training suppliers and courses. The arrangement provides a streamlined route to training delivery, reducing internal administration and supplier management activity while ensuring access to quality, value-for-money training solutions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087373-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Award under framework |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 18 Sep 2026 - 17 Sep 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Natural Resources Wales |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Postcode area | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF10 3NQ |
| 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 | Cathays |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 15 Sep 2026 at 14:50 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087373-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087373-2026
  15th September 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h6vhtk-04ffd7
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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