Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cabinet Office
05756325
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A2AS
UK
E-mail: helen.temlett@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
National School of Government and Public Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72222300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short 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.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72212000
72230000
72510000
72600000
80420000
80500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The procurement will be conducted through the Government Commercial Agency's (GCA) RM6219 Learning and Training Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Please see link to the Framework Agreement - https://www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/RM6219
Only appointed suppliers on the Learning and Training DPS who meet our essential requirements, will be invited to bid for this procurement. We encourage interested suppliers to complete their application to join the RM6219 Learning and Training DPS by 30th October 2026 at the latest, with the aim of being appointed onto the DPS in time for us to start our call off procurement. We will not be able to invite suppliers to bid that are not appointed by the time we start the procurement, so we urge you to apply as soon as possible.
The procurement process will be run on our own procurement portal: e-Sourcing - https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.
Suppliers must also be registered here with details that match their DPS application. Any suppliers that are not registered on this platform by the time we launch our competition will not be included in the competition. The dedicated link above is for Supplier registration, including guidance documents and Customer Service Centre details, should you require help.
Note that there will be a 1% levy payable by suppliers to GCA on the payment amounts received from awarded contracts, so suppliers are encouraged to factor this in. A levy is standard across GCA agreements. It funds GCA operating costs and enables the benefits that the commercial agreements provide.
For a list of supplier minimum requirements and instructions on how to apply to join the RM6219 Learning and Training DPS, download GCA's quick supplier guide.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
01/01/2027
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/10/2026