Awarded contract

GB-Sheffield: Training & Development

Details

Buyer: British Business Bank
Supplier(s): Kaplan Financial Ltd
Value: £120,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 12 September 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Training & Development Additional information: British Business Bank Plc, registered in England and Wales, registration number 08616013, registered office Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ, a development bank wholly owned by the HM Government. It and its subsidiaries are not banking institutions and do not operate as such. With the exception of BBB Investment Services Limited they are not authorised or regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority. BBB Investment Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. A complete legal structure chart for the group can be found at www.british-business-bank.co.uk.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 September 2025
Completed: Award published12 September 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date26 February 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

British Business Bank is a government-owned economic development bank and non-departmental public body, wholly owned by the Department for Business and Trade. A supplier management policy sets out how the Bank runs its contracts. Procurement follows the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service. Public sector frameworks let suppliers win call-off contracts through mini-competitions. A contracts register, updated every six months, lists what the Bank has awarded. Monthly spend above a set threshold is published for transparency. Suppliers can also read the Bank's guide to public sector tendering.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of British Business Bank's contract awards have been in business services, financial and insurance services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@british-business-bank.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@british-business-bank.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@british-business-bank.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@british-business-bank.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@british-business-bank.gov