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Flexible Lifelong Learning
Published Today
10 Nov 2026
Deadline in 7 days
- Primary CPV
-
80000000 *
Education and training services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- Value
- £5,000,000
- Contract
-
3 years Duration
08/06/2027 07/06/2030
- Contract Types
-
80 *Education & training servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Procurement Services, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom · UKL22
Contact
Award Criteria
- Quality – Written Response (45%)
- Responsible Procurement (10%)
- Quality – Presentation (20%)
- Price (25%)
- Bidding Documents (in-tendhost.co.uk) · Bidding Documents
Related tenders
Cardiff University
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
80000000 *
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Reference: CU.2071.GD
Cardiff University’s new Institute for Flexible Lifelong Learning, established in August 2026, brings together the University’s long established lifelong learning and professional development portfolios into a single Institute with an expanded, future-focused approach to flexible study. The Institute builds on our strong foundations with a clear ambition – to make Cardiff University a “learning partner for life”, offering education that fits around work, life and changing career needs.
To support this ambition, Cardiff University are procuring the services of an Online Programme Management (OPM) as a flexible partner to provide specialist expertise and operational support for the development, launch and growth of a portfolio of fully online postgraduate programmes, with the first programmes expected to commence recruitment from Spring/Summer 2027 with the first cohort of students anticipated to start in academic year 2027/28.
Full CPV breakdown
- 80000000 — Education and training services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Active
- Renewal
- 2 x 1 year extension options available
- Options
- Service area options will be selected and deselected as the University's strategy and competency changes over time.
- Submission method
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home
- Enquiries close
- 10 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected
- 20 May 2027
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 10 Nov 2026 16:06
- Deadline
- 17 Nov 2026 12:00
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06c826
- Notice ID
- CU.2071.GD
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Name | Cardiff University |
| Address › Street | Procurement Services |
| Address › Town / city | Cardiff |
| Address › Postcode | CF24 4HQ |
| Address › Country | GB |
| Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Address › Region (NUTS) | UKL22 |
| Role | buyer |
| Link | http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/business/why-work-with-us/for-suppliers |
| Classification › Classification 1 › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Classification › Classification 2 › Description | Welsh devolved regulations apply |
Buyer
| Name | Cardiff University |
Tender
| Title | Flexible Lifelong Learning |
| Status | active |
| Item › CPV › CPV 1 › Description | Education and training services |
| Item › CPV › CPV 2 › Description | Administrative educational services |
| Item › CPV › CPV 3 › Description | Advertising and marketing services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKL22 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £6,000,000 |
| Value › Value | £5,000,000 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| How to submit | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home |
| Submission Terms › Electronic submission | allowed |
| Submission Terms › Languages › Language 1 | en |
| Submission Terms › Languages › Language 2 | cy |
| Bidding period › End | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Questions period › End | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Award decision period › End | 20 May 2027 |
| Lot › Status | active |
| Lot › Value › Value incl. VAT | £6,000,000 |
| Lot › Value › Value | £5,000,000 |
| Lot › Value › Currency | GBP |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Name | Quality – Written Response |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | Quality – Written Response |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight | 45 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Name | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | Responsible Procurement |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight | 10 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Type | quality |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Name | Quality – Presentation |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Description | Quality – Presentation |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight | 20 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 3 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Type | price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Name | Price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Description | Price |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Weighting › Weight | 25 |
| Lot › Award criteria › Criterion › Criterion 4 › Weighting › Weight type | Percentage exact |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Type | economic |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 1 › Description | As stated in the ITT documents. |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Type | technical |
| Lot › Selection Criteria › Criterion › Criterion 2 › Description | As stated in the ITT documents. |
| Lot › Contract period › Start | 8 Jun 2027 |
| Lot › Contract period › End | 7 Jun 2030 |
| Lot › Contract period › Can be extended to | 7 Jun 2032 |
| Lot › Can be renewed | Yes |
| Lot › Renewal › Description | 2 x 1 year extension options available |
| Lot › Has options | Yes |
| Lot › Options › Description | Service area options will be selected and deselected as the University's strategy and competency changes over time. |
| Document › Document 1 › Document type | Bidding documents |
| Document › Document 1 › Description | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home |
| Document › Document 1 › Link | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home |
| Document › Document 2 › Document type | Technical specifications |
| Document › Document 2 › Description | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home |
| Document › Document 2 › Link | https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cardiffuniversity/aspx/Home |
| Document › Document 3 › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Document 3 › Description | Not published |
| Document › Document 4 › Document type | Tender notice |
| Document › Document 4 › Description | Tender notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Document 4 › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/106829-2026 |
| Document › Document 4 › Published | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Amendment › Description | Including the competitive flexible process in the tender notice rather than just the Tender pack. Updated contact email address |