Category

Education and training contracts in the UK public sector

Training delivery, skills programmes, educational services and course provision. Includes workforce development bought by employers as well as by education institutions.

1,503
Contracts, last 12 months
9,068
Contracts since 2021
787
Buyers active here
£65k
Median contract value
1,873
Expiring in 18 months

Categories are derived from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The median is used rather than a total, because one framework ceiling would otherwise describe the whole category.

Coming up for renewal

1,873 education and training contracts expiring in the next 18 months

Each has an end date already published in its award notice. The incumbent knows the date. Most competitors find out when the re-tender appears, by which point the specification is written.

ContractBuyerIncumbentValueExpires
Moving and Positioning TrainingSouthampton City CouncilOT4Independence Limited£66k23 Sept 2026
Casework AcademyThe Charity Commission For England And WalesMedia Zoo Limited£200k23 Sept 2026
Level 6 Laboratory Scientist ST0626 X 5Defra CommercialNESCOT£135k24 Sept 2026
L4 Digital Product Manager apprenticeships - Cambridge Spark Oct 2025 (con_28868)Department for EducationCambridge Spark£90k24 Sept 2026
Leadership Programme for Surgical TraineesHealth Education EnglandThe University of Birmingham£250k28 Sept 2026
Barista Training for Prison Leavers (South London)REED IN PARTNERSHIP LIMITEDRedemption Roasters t/a Catimor Ltd£94k29 Sept 2026
Level 5 Learning and Development Consultant Business Partner ST0563 X 10Defra CommercialBabington Business College Ltd£70k29 Sept 2026
Corporate Travel ServicesJiscClarity Travel Limited£6.0m29 Sept 2026
CST025-057 Provision of Apprenticeship (Data Engineer Level 5)Derbyshire County CouncilCambridge Spark Ltd£38k30 Sept 2026
BHCC DH Skills Bootcamps - Lot 4 Software Development, Lot 11 Early Years, Lot 14 Dry LiningBrighton & Hove City CouncilCHICHESTER COLLEGE GROUP£350k30 Sept 2026
Specialist Health & Safety Training - AWARDSandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilWebbs Training Services (Kingscote Ltd. T/A)£90k30 Sept 2026
Skills Bootcamps - Wave 6Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority5 suppliers (framework)£273k30 Sept 2026
Gale Newspaper ArchivesUNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIACengage Learning LtdNot stated30 Sept 2026
Norfolk and Suffolk Skills Bootcamps - AWARDSuffolk County Council18 suppliers (framework)£2.1m30 Sept 2026
Social Worker Integrated Degree QualificationKirklees CouncilThe Open University£312k30 Sept 2026

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Common questions

Education and training procurement, in short

Who buys education and training in the UK public sector?

787 public sector organisations have awarded education and training contracts since 2021. The most active are Ministry Of Justice (867 contracts), NHS England (671 contracts), Health Education England (563 contracts).

How much is a typical education and training contract worth?

The median is £65k, across the 8,775 contracts of 9,068 that publish a value. A median rather than an average, because a single framework worth hundreds of millions would otherwise make the typical contract look far larger than it is.

When do education and training contracts come up for renewal?

1,873 contracts in this category have an end date inside the next 18 months. End dates are published in the original award notice, so they are visible long before any re-tender is advertised, which is usually the point at which the specification is already written.

How do I find new education and training tenders?

Notices are published across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, each with its own search. Tender Radar reads all four each weekday morning and scores new notices against your profile, alongside the contracts in this category approaching renewal.

Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear.