SectorUpdated 6 Sept 2026

Education & training tenders

Live UK public sector opportunities in education & training, collected daily from Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales.

65
future deadlines at snapshot
2,345
awarded, 12 months
£14bn
recorded value, 12m
2,305
ending within 12m of snapshot
954
buyers, 5 years

The UK public sector published 15,935 recorded education & training awards over the last five years, worth a recorded £31bn across 954 public buyers. 65 opportunities had future bid deadlines at the snapshot date, and 39% of the last year's awards ran through a framework or DPS. 2,305 recorded contracts in this market end within the 12 months after the snapshot date.Recorded by BidSkim from published notices. Recorded means published, values describe contracts, not verified payments. Updated 6 Sept 2026.

Opportunity examples

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YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships
CFYPOCloses 31 Jul 2027
£10bn
Delivery of Apprenticeships to the Royal Corps of Signals
FTSMinistry of DefenceCloses 12 Oct 2026
£17.0m
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Frameworks & DPS in this market

snapshot examples with future recorded deadlines
YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships
FTSYPOCloses 31 Jul 2027
£10bn
£1.0bn
71 additional framework and DPS routes recorded at the snapshot date
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Who wins this work

top suppliers by recorded wins · 5 years
1QA220 wins
£81.1m
2Shannon Trust136 wins
£6.7m
£30.5m
4PeoplePlus104 wins
£70.6m
5Capita97 wins
£145m
£16.8m
7BPP82 wins
£68.7m
£17.9m
9Babington78 wins
£49.7m
10KPMG74 wins
£947m

Who buys it

top buyers by recorded awarded value · 5 years
£4.8bn
2NHS England2,442 awards
£2.8bn
£2.1bn
4Jisc297 awards
£1.4bn
5HEE443 awards
£1.2bn
6Cabinet Office30 awards
£706m
7Ministry of Justice1,395 awards
£472m
£461m
£450m
£240m

Awards by year

recorded awards per year
2020202120222023202420252026*2027*2029*
Recorded awards*current year part-year

Recent awards

latest recorded awards, 12 months
SLA relating to Apprenticeship Training with NORTHERN & YORKSHIRE NHS ASSESSMENT
CFHealth Education EnglandAwarded 2 Feb 2029
£213k
Adult Eating Disorders Whole Team Training NHS/SoEPS/ 19.620 North & South
CFHealth Education EnglandAwarded 8 Nov 2026
£2.3m
CFSTUDENT LOANS COMPANY LIMITEDAwarded 1 Nov 2026
£240k
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Education & Training procurement, answered

computed from published notices

How many education & training contracts were open at the snapshot date?

65 education & training opportunities were recorded with future bid deadlines across Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales as of 6 Sept 2026. This is a dated snapshot, not a live count. Check each official notice for changes; a free scan checks current opportunities against your business.

Who buys education & training services in the UK public sector?

954 public buyers awarded recorded education & training contracts in the last five years. The largest by recorded value are Ministry of Defence, NHS England, Department for Education.

Which education & training frameworks and DPS were advertised at the snapshot date?

73 framework and DPS routes were advertised at the snapshot date for education & training work, including YPO - 001086 Apprenticeships and Adult Skills and Learning DPS. BidSkim badges framework and DPS routes in your matched feed and flags the ones you can still join.

How many education & training contracts are coming up for renewal?

2,305 recorded contracts in this market carried an end date within 12 months of the snapshot date, worth a combined £1.3bn where a value was published. Renewal timing signals, incumbents and predicted return windows are part of BidSkim Predict.

Market snapshot

6 Sept 2026
Recorded awards, 5 years
15,935
Recorded value, 5 years
£31bn
Buyers active, 5 years
954
Ending within 12m of snapshot
2,305
Via framework or DPS, 12m
39%

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About this data. Built from published notices on Find a Tender, Contracts Finder, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, classified by CPV code and entity-resolved by BidSkim. Framework and DPS establishment notices are listed separately, excluded from open-opportunity counts, and value totals exclude framework ceilings and implausible outliers. Counts refer to the snapshot date; opportunity examples with past or same-day recorded deadlines are hidden. Official notices may contain amendments, cancellations or access restrictions. Last updated 6 Sept 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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