Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Post Office · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Capita Business Services Ltd
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Education & training · Training services (CPV 80500000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 071375-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Jul 2026
- Published28 Jul 2026Published 8 days after the contract date
Description
Procurement was run following the call-off procedure in accordance with ESPO Managed Learning Services Framework 383_25. The supplier has been appointed to provide Post Office with access to a marketplace of off-the-shelf courses and pre-procured pool of associate coaches, as well as additional services such as training needs analysis and learning programme management, design and delivery.
About the supplier
Capita Business Services Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02299747).