Education and training services contracts in Scotland
7 live and 167 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 80000000 in Scotland.
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Procuring education and training services in Scotland
This page tracks public-sector demand for education and training services (CPV 80000000) published by contracting authorities in Scotland. Tendarix has indexed 167 matching contracts here, 7 of which are open for bids right now.
Division 80 covers education and training services — adult education, apprenticeship delivery, driver training, safeguarding training, e-learning content and outdoor education. Education software is division 48; this is teaching and training delivery.
Scotland runs its own procurement regime: the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act rather than the Procurement Act 2023, with all public notices published on Public Contracts Scotland (PCS). Thirty-two councils, NHS Scotland boards, Scottish Government directorates and agencies like Scottish Procurement and Scotland Excel (the councils' centre of expertise) structure the market, with national frameworks covering many common categories.
Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in Scotland use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
106 contracts worth £781.4m in disclosed value were published for Education and training services in Scotland in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
Education and training services opportunities in Scotland
Pupil Equity Funding (PEF) Flexible Framework
£22919kPURCH3060 Framework for the Provision of Strategic Leaders Programme (SLP)
Clackmannanshire Council - Values based leadership Delivery
£600kEarly Learning and Childcare - South Lanarkshire Council Procured Service Arrangement
£143500kProvision of partner status to providers of Early Learning and Childcare - Dynamic Purchasing System
£26787kEmployability Services Procured Service Arrangement - Phase 4
£4000kAsset Decarbonisation and Retrofit Dynamic Purchasing System (Scotland)
Frequently asked questions
How many Education and training services tenders are live in Scotland?
There are 7 live Education and training services opportunities in Scotland right now, out of 167 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.
Who buys Education and training services in Scotland?
The most active buyers in Scotland for this category on Tendarix include NHS Education for Scotland, East Dunbartonshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council. Councils (adult community learning, staff training), the Education and Skills Funding Agency ecosystem, NHS trusts (clinical and statutory training), police/fire services (specialist training) and combined authorities (adult education budgets, skills bootcamps).
What does CPV code 80000000 cover?
Division 80 covers education and training services — adult education, apprenticeship delivery, driver training, safeguarding training, e-learning content and outdoor education. Education software is division 48; this is teaching and training delivery.
How do I win Education and training services contracts in Scotland?
Devolved adult-education and skills-bootcamp funding means combined authorities are now the key commissioners — their DPS lists are open for new providers, and Ofsted grade plus achievement-rate data are the scored fundamentals. For workforce training, accredited certification (CPD, awarding-body approval), delivery flexibility (twilight, e-learning blends) and completion-rate evidence decide awards. Register on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender — nothing Scottish reaches English portals reliably. Scottish policy emphasises community benefits (their social-value equivalent), fair work practices (real Living Wage, no inappropriate zero-hours) and SME access through lotting; Scotland Excel frameworks are the route into council goods and care markets, and Quick Quotes on PCS distribute sub-threshold work to registered suppliers only.
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