BLC0307 - National Framework for Police Initial Entry Routes, Accreditation and Apprenticeships

Buyer
BlueLight Commercial Limited
Value
£648,000,000
Closes
20 November 2026
Where
London
Type
Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)

In plain English

BlueLight Commercial is buying training and education delivery services for police recruit pathways across England and Wales. They want suppliers to deliver degree apprenticeships for new police officers, a fast-track programme for graduates, accreditation of training programmes, and apprenticeships in police-related roles.

What the buyer wants

• Deliver Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship programmes (3-year training combining university degree with police service) for forces in England (Lot 1a) and Wales (Lot 1b) • Deliver Degree Holder Entry Programme for graduates entering police forces across England and Wales (Lot 2) • Provide accreditation services to validate that police training programmes meet required standards (Lot 3) • Design and deliver apprenticeships in police and police-related roles (Lot 4)

Lots

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

This contract will disqualify almost all small tradespeople and small businesses. You must be a large educational institution, university, or established training provider with existing police service partnerships, university validation powers, and the ability to deliver at national scale across dozens of police forces. Sole traders and small SMEs cannot bid.

How to bid

This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.

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