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title: "Career Learning Platform and Associated Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078900"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "Ormiston Academies Trust"
published: "2026-10-16"
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# Career Learning Platform and Associated Services

Buyer: Ormiston Academies Trust  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078900

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## Summary

Ormiston Academies Trust is exploring a career learning platform and associated services for use in the multi-academy trust sector. The scope includes educational and training software, e-learning, training programmes and personal development training. The Trust’s aim is to understand which platform solutions could deliver the greatest benefit to its schools and to shape a potential future specification. Delivery is across the United Kingdom. This is a market-engagement exercise to gather supplier insights and feedback, rather than a request for formal bids.

The process is at planning stage: the Trust has set out an intention to procure but has not invited tenders. It expects to use market feedback to refine requirements, identify suppliers and inform a possible specification. Market engagement is scheduled through 9 November 2026, and the next notice is expected on 8 January 2027; these are indicative planning dates, not bid deadlines. The estimated value is £680,400 excluding VAT (£816,480 including VAT). There is one planned lot. The anticipated contract period is 1 September 2027 to 31 August 2030, with possible extension to 31 August 2036. Evaluation criteria and a procurement procedure have not yet been set out.

This preparatory exercise is relevant to suppliers of career learning platforms and related services, including education software providers, e-learning businesses, training programme providers and personal development specialists. Suppliers with experience serving multi-academy trusts or similar education organisations can help the Trust assess how solutions work in that setting and what capabilities a future procurement should require. The Trust is seeking market insight on supplier capabilities and solutions, as well as ways to secure social, economic and environmental value. This is a chance to inform the development of requirements, not to submit a bid. The planned single-lot scope suggests suppliers able to offer an integrated platform and associated learning services may have relevant insight to contribute.

## Notice

The objective of this PME is not to seek formal tenders, but to gather information, insights and feedback from the market, that will help to: * Refine our understanding of Career Learning Platform solutions which maximise benefit in the context of the Multi-Academy-Trust sector; * Identify potential suppliers and their capabilities; * Inform the potential development of a detailed procurement specification; * Maximise public benefit by procuring a solution that delivers social, economic, and environmental value.

### Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110119&TID=100115144&B=

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097696-2026 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 8 Jan 2027 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2027 - 31 Aug 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £680,400 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Ormiston Academies Trust |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B3 1SF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Soho & Jewellery Quarter |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 48190000 - Educational software package
- 48931000 - Training software package
- 80420000 - E-learning services
- 80521000 - Training programme services
- 80570000 - Personal development training services

## Release History

- 16 Oct 2026 at 08:03 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097696-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097696-2026
  16th October 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110119&TID=100115144&B=
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.ormistonacademiestrust.co.uk/

## Provenance

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