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title: "ITT - Mapping Training and Qualifications for Heritage Construction Trades in England - UID 370"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07851f"
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# ITT - Mapping Training and Qualifications for Heritage Construction Trades in England - UID 370

Buyer: Historic England  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07851f

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## Summary

Historic England is seeking research and consultancy services to map training and qualifications for heritage construction trades across England. The work will establish a baseline dataset covering the provision and funding of relevant training, participation and completion rates, including where training takes place, who provides it and how many people take part. The research must examine where heritage content appears in construction qualifications, identify geographical and occupational gaps in provision, assess trends over time and flag qualifications that may be at risk. The purpose is to give Historic England evidence to target advocacy and interventions, strengthen education and training provision, and support the supply of skills needed to repair, maintain, conserve and retrofit traditional buildings.

Historic England invited offers through a below-threshold open competition. The deadline for questions was 30 October 2026 at 17:00, and bids were due by 6 November 2026 at 09:30. The contract is scheduled to run from 14 December 2026 to 31 May 2027, with an option to extend by three months, up to 31 August 2027. The stated estimated value is £50,000 excluding VAT and £60,000 including VAT. The procurement is a single lot. Evaluation places 70% weight on quality and 30% on price. Electronic submission is allowed through Historic England’s supplier portal.

This requirement is suited to research consultancies and organisations able to map education and training provision, assemble and analyse data, and produce a repeatable method for future updates. Relevant strengths include investigating qualifications and funding, measuring participation and completion, and comparing provision across locations and construction roles. Suppliers should be able to interpret where heritage skills content is taught, identify gaps and changes over time, and assess which qualifications may be at risk. The findings need to support practical decisions about advocacy and interventions at national and regional levels. The work is focused on England’s heritage construction skills supply and traditional buildings, so experience in construction training, heritage skills, education research or related social research would be relevant.

## Notice

Heritage construction skills are essential for the repair, maintenance, conservation and retrofit of England's 5.5 million traditional buildings (built pre-1919), but the industry faces significant skills shortages. Complex and patchy provision of relevant training is a major barrier to closing these skills gaps. At present, we have only limited visibility of provision and uptake for construction qualifications which contain heritage content. This project would fill this gap in our knowledge and evidence by establishing a baseline dataset of current provision, funding, participation in, and completion rates of relevant training and qualifications. This will provide a detailed picture of where training is taking place, who is offering the training, and how many people are undertaking it as well as a repeatable methodology enabling this project to be repeated in future. This project will also analyse the data alongside other research to identify where heritage content is included, and where there are gaps in available provision (both geographically and in terms of construction roles), trends over time, and identify qualifications which might be at risk. With this information we will be able to better target our advocacy and interventions to improve education and training provision in this area and maximise our impact at both a national and regional level. This will directly support our work supporting the supply of heritage construction skills and enabling a greater volume of relevant training.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095824-2026 |
| Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 14 Dec 2026 - 31 May 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £50,000 |
| Lots value | £50,000 |
| 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 | Historic England |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 2EH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Mannington and Western |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
- 79315000 - Social research services

## Release History

- 9 Oct 2026 at 16:42 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095824-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095824-2026
  9th October 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/historicengland/home
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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