Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Framework
- Buyer
- Department for Education
- Value
- £624,800,000
- Closes
- 29 October 2026
- Where
- London
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
The Department for Education is buying training and professional development services focused on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) for teachers, leaders, teaching assistants and support staff across schools and further education colleges. They are setting up a framework agreement (a pre-approved supplier list) that will be used to commission various training services over several years, with an estimated total value of £781 million.
What the buyer wants
• Design, develop and deliver continuing professional development (CPD) training courses on SEND and inclusion for different groups of education staff • Provide research, content development, quality assurance and digital learning solutions as part of training delivery • Manage participant recruitment, stakeholder engagement and training administration • Deliver services to five different audience groups: school teachers/leaders, further education teachers/leaders, teaching assistants, further education support staff, and combined audiences
Lots
- School Teachers and Leaders
- Further Education Teachers and Leaders
- School Teaching Assistants
- Further Education Support Staff
- Combined Audiences
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
This is a very large national framework contract (£781 million potential value) primarily designed for established training providers and consultancies with significant delivery capacity, proven track record with Department for Education, and ability to deliver across multiple regions simultaneously. Most small trades businesses and sole traders would be unable to compete due to scale requirements, lack of education training credentials, and need for substantial upfront investment in course development.
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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