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Flexible Lifelong Learning

Open United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

28 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€5.9M
€5,937,890 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 28 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

28 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,958 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

Machine-generated summary

Cardiff University is procuring Online Programme Management (OPM) services on a pay per service basis, supporting a strategic approach to fully online postgraduate taught portfolio development and delivery, with the first phase proposed to start in September 2027. The buyer is Cardiff University, located in Cardiff, United Kingdom. Suppliers able to provide OM services on the described pay-per-service model may bid under the procedure set out in the tender documents.

Description

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.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €5.9M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Education & training.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    28 days left, 20 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    In this country this kind of contract is usually awarded for between €26,266 and €112,914.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 27 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Find a Tender Service (UK Cabinet Office / Crown Commercial Service)

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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 431 awards for Education & training in United Kingdom.

This notice
€5.9M
Median award
€52,399
Middle half of past awards
€26,266 to €112,914

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

The buyer

Full buyer profile

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

notices in the register
27
awards
19

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
16
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
19%

Based on 16 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Education & training - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Shannon Trust 15 €1.6M Sep 2026
TWA Certifications Ltd 10 €333,401 Sep 2026
QA LIMITED 8 €2.1M Oct 2026
Kinetic Youth Ltd 8 €775,540 Sep 2026
Cambridge Spark Ltd 7 €484,401 Sep 2026

Based on 532 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

4 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 92% of the open notices in Education & training across Europe.

open now in Education & training
1,211
median open notice
€250,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
395
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
6%
buyers awarded contracts here
139

Based on 536 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Change history

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  1. Read before bidding
    Status
    Was: Upcoming
    Now: Open
    Estimated value
    Was: €5,831,584
    Now: €5,937,890 +2%
    Submission deadline
    not stated
    Now: November 17, 2026, 12:00
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.
    Procedure
    not stated
    Now: Open procedure

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