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National School of Government and Public Services
Cabinet Office · Central government
In brief
Cabinet Office has announced plans to buy IT and software and training work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The notice does not state a value.
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Competition
Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts across the UK (from 1331 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Cabinet Office intends to procure a robust, industry-standard Software as a Service (SaaS) Learning Management System (LMS) through the Government Commercial Agency's (GCA) RM6219 Learning and Training Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), to support the new National School of Government and Public Services Learning & Development (L&D) offering. The LMS will provide a scalable platform to support a user base of over 558,000 users and must meet mandatory security and information assurance requirements, including UK hosting of data and adherence to Secure by Design principles. Mandatory Requirements Security and information assurance requirements, specifically mandatory UK hosting of data and…Read the full description
Cabinet Office intends to procure a robust, industry-standard Software as a Service (SaaS) Learning Management System (LMS) through the Government Commercial Agency's (GCA) RM6219 Learning and Training Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS), to support the new National School of Government and Public Services Learning & Development (L&D) offering.
The LMS will provide a scalable platform to support a user base of over 558,000 users and must meet mandatory security and information assurance requirements, including UK hosting of data and adherence to Secure by Design principles.
Mandatory Requirements
Security and information assurance requirements, specifically mandatory UK hosting of data and adherence to 'Secure by Design' requirements
Scalable and accessible to support over 558,000 users
Please note - The mandatory requirement must be met by all potential bidders
Essential requirements
Core LMS capability (i.e. learning catalogue, content tagging)
Booking and administration functionality
Admin controls for end-to-end of central delivery offer and repository
Migration support (for catalogue of learning)
Quality data, including feedback, reporting and evaluation
The requirement is for the provision of the LMS platform and associated implementation/support services. L&D content supplied by the LMS provider is out of scope; the platform will be used to host internally developed learning content.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Prior information notice · notice 093641-2026
About the buyer
Cabinet OfficeLast 12 months
Procurements
62Awards
43Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
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From notice 093641-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 5 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 5 October 2026.