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title: "Outsourced Qualification Delivery Services"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000846502"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "Sanctuary Housing Association"
published: "2026-10-23"
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# Outsourced Qualification Delivery Services

Buyer: Sanctuary Housing Association  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000846502

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## Summary

Sanctuary Housing Association is seeking one or more providers to deliver and assess vocational and professional qualifications across its operations. The work covers care qualifications in England and Scotland, housing qualifications in both countries, and business qualifications in England and Scotland. Providers will take responsibility for learner administration and quality assurance as well as qualification delivery, supporting learner experience, compliance and achievement outcomes. The scope includes managing existing assessors and transferring them under TUPE where applicable. The procurement is for training and qualification delivery services (CPV 80500000), delivered across England and Scotland. Suppliers can focus on the care, housing or business disciplines and relevant geographic areas rather than necessarily covering every strand.

The buyer invited offers through an open procedure under the Procurement Act 2023 Open Procedure and Light Touch regime. The procurement is divided into four lots: care qualifications in England; care qualifications in Scotland; housing qualifications in England and Scotland; and business qualifications in England and Scotland. The tender deadline was 20 November 2026 at 12:00, with bids submitted electronically. The published estimated values are £4.5 million for care in England, £500,000 for care in Scotland, £2.3 million for housing across England and Scotland, and £450,000 for business qualifications across both countries. Care in England and Scotland, and housing, have a contract period from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030; business qualifications run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028. Each lot permits two 12-month extensions. The evaluation basis is not stated here.

This opportunity suits established training and qualification providers able to deliver recognised vocational and professional qualifications in care, housing or business, in England, Scotland or both. Suppliers need the operational capability to manage the full delivery cycle, including assessment, learner administration and quality assurance, while maintaining regulatory compliance and strong learner outcomes. Providers taking on existing assessors should be able to manage their transfer and ongoing employment under TUPE where applicable. The four lots allow bidders to target a particular subject area or geography, including a larger England care service and smaller Scotland care and cross-border business or housing services. A bidder may submit for multiple lots. The contracts require delivery over one- or three-year initial periods, with provision for two further 12-month extensions per lot. The procurement documents provide the stated suitability requirements and further performance terms.

## Notice

Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications.

### Lot Information

Business qualifications in England & Scotland

Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications. The successful supplier(s) will assume responsibility for qualification delivery, learner administration, quality assurance and, where applicable, the transfer and ongoing management of existing assessors (under the Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations). The supplier(s) will deliver qualifications services across all Sanctuary operations, covering care, housing and business disciplines, and maintain a high-quality learner experience, regulatory compliance and achievement outcomes.

Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions available

Care qualifications in England

Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications. The successful supplier(s) will assume responsibility for qualification delivery, learner administration, quality assurance and, where applicable, the transfer and ongoing management of existing assessors (under the Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations). The supplier(s) will deliver qualifications services across all Sanctuary operations, covering care, housing and business disciplines, and maintain a high-quality learner experience, regulatory compliance and achievement outcomes.

Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions available

Care qualifications in Scotland

Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications. The successful supplier(s) will assume responsibility for qualification delivery, learner administration, quality assurance and, where applicable, the transfer and ongoing management of existing assessors (under the Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations). The supplier(s) will deliver qualifications services across all Sanctuary operations, covering care, housing and business disciplines, and maintain a high-quality learner experience, regulatory compliance and achievement outcomes.

Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions available

Housing qualifications in England & Scotland

Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications. The successful supplier(s) will assume responsibility for qualification delivery, learner administration, quality assurance and, where applicable, the transfer and ongoing management of existing assessors (under the Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations). The supplier(s) will deliver qualifications services across all Sanctuary operations, covering care, housing and business disciplines, and maintain a high-quality learner experience, regulatory compliance and achievement outcomes.

Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions available

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567299 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £7,750,000 |
| Lots value | £7,750,000 |
| 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 | Sanctuary Housing Association |
| Locality | WORCESTER |
| Postcode area | Worcester |
| Postcode | WR1 3ZQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG12 Worcestershire CC |
| Local authority | Worcester |
| Electoral ward | Cathedral |
| Westminster constituency | Worcester |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England), TLM8 West Central Scotland |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80500000 - Training services

## Release History

- 23 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Tender - PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567299

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567299
  Outsourced Qualification Delivery Services - Sanctuary is seeking a delivery partner(s) to provide end-to-end qualifications assessment and delivery services for vocational and professional qualifications.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846502
- https://procontract.due-north.com
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=846502
- https://www.sanctuary.co.uk

## Provenance

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