Awarded contract

Careers Advisor CPD - Design and Delivery of National Continuing Professional Development Programme

Details

Value
£1,220,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Education and training services
Published
14 July 2026

Tender description

Careers Advisor CPD - Design and Delivery of National Continuing Professional Development Programme The Department for Education (DfE) has procured a national Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for qualified careers advisers working with young people in England. The programme will be delivered over three academic years (AY 2026/27-2028/29), with an optional extension to AY2029/30. The programme will develop and deliver a suite of six modular CPD courses, combining digital learning, webinars, expert-led content, peer interaction, and performance monitoring. It must be scalable to train at least 1,000 qualified careers advisers, prioritising Level 6 and Level 7 professionals. The successful tender submission was evaluated at £963,860, which covers the delivery of the core requirement of 1,000 CPD module places for qualified careers advisers. The contract has been awarded with a maximum value of up to £1,220,000, in line with the value advertised in the original notice, to provide the Department with the option to commission additional module places should demand exceed the initial 1,000 places during the contract term.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published14 July 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date7 September 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 August 2029in 3 years

About the buyer

The Department for Education is a ministerial department responsible for children's services and education policy in England, procuring both for itself and its executive agencies. Framework purchases follow the matching Crown Commercial Service terms. Many contracts are let on standard government terms, such as Cabinet Office short-form or model services agreements. Schools and academy trusts buy separately, using framework options the department reviews and approves in advance.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Education's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.

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