Workshop Tenders
See open workshop tenders and awarded contracts for the UK public sector.
Workshop procurement here means facilitated sessions bought as a service: staff training and CPD, leadership and team development, community and wellbeing sessions, facilitation for a one-off strategy exercise. Not the building: vehicle workshops and workshop equipment are a separate category, filtered out here.
413 of the 947 matching notices on record are awards and 74 are pre-tender, while the open pipeline stays in single figures. Small, short contracts. The award trail tells you more than the open list.
929 results
- Expired contract
Carers Wellbeing Partnership
- Expired contract
Carers Wellbeing Partnership
- Awarded contract
Electricity
- Closed tenderPublished 22 January 2021
IT Replacement Programme Business Analyst
- Expired contract
Cultural Intelligence and Inclusive Leadership Workshops
- Expired contract
RES/LD - Cultural Intelligence and Inclusive Leadership Workshops
- Expired contract
22COR008 Microsoft Office Training
- Closed tenderPublished 10 January 2021
22COR008 Microsoft Office Training
- Closed tenderPublished 7 January 2021
Online Integrated Workforce Planning Masterclass - Video Production
- Awarded contract
Modification of sportscotland Training Providers Framework
- Closed tenderPublished 2 December 2020
Refresh of the Youth Engagement and Progression Framework: Consultation
- Closed tenderPublished 30 November 2020
Consultancy Services for upgrade works to AquaZone, National Aquatic Centre, Dublin
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 24 November 2020
Detection of organics in pipes and vessels
- Awarded contract
Provision of a Digital Expenses System for Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
- Expired contract
Inter-Professional Learning Collaborative Leadership
- Closed tenderPublished 13 November 2020
Communications consultancy support to Rethink Ireland awardees
- Stale Pre-tenderPublished 13 November 2020
Supporting adult social care providers with the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT).
- Expired contract
Communication Skills Workshops.
- Closed tenderPublished 6 November 2020
Ayrshire College Gas Training Facility Mechanical and Electrical Services Works
- Expired contract
PR2118 - Upgrade to Q&A Installation, Training & Workshops
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions about training workshops, facilitated workshops, workshop facilitation, online workshops, skills workshops, community workshops, leadership workshops, wellbeing workshops, team workshops in the UK public sector.
How do I find workshop contracts in the UK public sector?
Two routes. Search the portals for live workshop tenders, or move earlier and watch the buyers who keep commissioning them. Stotles pulls notices from 100+ portals into one search, so a facilitated workshop advertised by a college, a council or a central government department all land in the same list. Platform-wide, 2 notices were added in the last seven days and 2,144 are open now.
What kinds of workshops does the public sector buy?
Staff training and CPD is the bulk of it: 135 of the 947 matching notices carry CPV 80500000 (Training services). Beyond that, leadership and team development for senior teams, community and cultural sessions run with residents, wellbeing and resilience workshops commissioned by health and social care buyers, and facilitation for a single strategy or co-design exercise. Lot structures vary. Some notices split one programme into individual mini-workshops; others sit inside a wider training framework.
Which CPV codes cover workshop tenders?
The sample of 50 notices behind this page is dominated by training codes. Alongside the keyword filter, 80500000 (Training services) appears on 135 notices, 80511000 (Staff training services) on 44, and 80522000 (Training seminars) on 38. Codes are deliberately not applied as a filter here: the search AND-combines stored codes with keywords, which would drop every on-intent notice carrying no code or a neighbouring one.
Are workshop contracts worth bidding for as a small supplier?
This category suits a sole facilitator or a small consultancy better than a large provider. 413 of the 947 notices on record are awards, so there is a long trail of who won what and which buyers come back for a second round. Stotles' 2026 Supplier Benchmark Report found 58% of government contracts fall in the £50k to £1m bracket, and workshop packages sit at the smaller end of public buying. Very few sit open at once, so waiting for a live tender is the slow way in.
How far ahead can I see workshop opportunities?
74 of the 947 matching notices are pre-tender: early notices, pipeline entries and market engagement that name a requirement before any competition opens. That is where the useful time is in a category this fast-moving. Buyer strategy documents and budget files add more, since a training or organisational development plan usually names the workshops it intends to commission before a notice appears. Platform-wide, 39,784 awarded contracts expire in the next twelve months.
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