Quick answer — The Education and Training FoundationLast refreshed 20 Mar 2026

At a glance

The Education and Training Foundation has awarded £135.7m across 170 suppliers, with 157 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 16 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£108k) · SME share 11% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share11%
Pipeline · open now16
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The Education and Training Foundation is a contracting authority, based in UKI32. Tracks 494 published notices and 470 awards on PublicSupply.

494
Notices published
470
Awards
170
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£999k
12 m spend
£988k
Prior 12 m
+1%
YoY change
£53k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The Education and Training Foundation — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

12

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

16

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£108k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified439 · £68.4m
services55 · £68.2m

Instrument type

contract494 · £136.6m
Source:Contracts Finder: 434Find a Tender: 60

Awarded contracts · 157 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The Education and Training Foundation is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Digital Credentialing PlatformEdInvent Inc.£108k20 Mar 2026active
AI-enabled Professional Standards Assessment and Training Needs Analysis (Individuals and Organisations)Intrinsic AI£170k05 Jan 2026active
Market engagement request for an evaluation of the Education Training Foundation (2013-2026)73000000£0est.planning
Market engagement request for an evaluation of the Education Training Foundation (2013-2026)73000000£0est.planning
Award of Centre for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 2025City of Sunderland College£138k06 Aug 2025active
Strategic Digital PartnerBlueLight CRM Ltd£583k09 Jul 2025pending
Strategic Digital Partner £240kpending
Expression of Interest for SEND Associates80000000£0est.closed
Award of technical support for the ETF Learners websiteTintisha Technologies (Uk) Ltd71356300£39k01 Apr 2024active
Award of the Middle Leaders (ACE) programmeAssociation Of Adult Education & Training Organisations (AAE80000000£53k01 Aug 2024active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
TL
13 contracts · 01 Jul05 Jan
£10.3mest.
8% of total
2
FA
11 contracts · 06 Sept12 Jul
£10.1mest.
7% of total
3
CL
5 contracts · 07 Nov
£10.0mest.
7% of total
4
CC
14 contracts · 01 Jul01 Nov
£8.6mest.
6% of total
5
GD
£7.1mest.
5% of total
6
OS
7 contracts · 08 Mar04 Sept
£6.7mest.
5% of total
7
IO
7 contracts · 05 Aug23 Aug
£6.0mest.
4% of total
8
GA
4 contracts · 24 Aug07 Nov
£5.5mest.
4% of total
9170
···
162 other suppliers
long tail · 17 SMEs
£53.3m
39% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
489 contracts
£353.1m
97%
Business, legal, advisory
46 contracts
£3.5m
1%
IT services, software
25 contracts
£2.9m
1%
Software packages, IT
8 contracts
£2.0m
1%
Other
5 contracts
£1.2m
0%
R&D services
53 contracts
£629k
0%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£369k
0%
Recreational, cultural, sport
4 contracts
£117k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
Other
1
0
0
0
R&D services
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

The Education and Training Foundation has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

11%
SME supplier share
target 33%
43
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
170
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 11% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI32
Contact
Commissioning and Procurement
Email
tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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