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Opportunity overview
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department within the UK Government. It works with its agencies and partners to support the transport network that enables people and goods to travel around the country. It plans and invests in transport infrastructure to keep the UK on the move.
DfT has always been keen to increase staff members’ understanding of disability equality and has procured previous iterations of this training in the past. This latest round of training will coincide with a wider initiative, across the whole Department, to encourage all staff to learn more about how the transport network impacts on all those who use it by visiting areas of the network and interacting with stakeholders. Having a greater understanding of how users experience transport will help the Department to make better decisions that benefit more people.
DfT requires a supplier to deliver Barriers to Accessible Transport training to staff across the Department, including its agencies and arm’s-length bodies. The requirement supports DfT’s wider commitment to increasing staff understanding of disability equality and how disabled people experience the transport network. It also responds to the significant gap between accessibility rights and obligations, and the day-to-day experiences of disabled passengers highlighted by the Transport Select Committee’s March 2025 report, Access Denied: rights versus reality in disabled people’s access to transport.
The training will combine a guided tour of the transport network, supported by disabled guides with lived experience, with classroom-based disability equality learning. It is intended to help staff identify barriers, understand the Social Model of Disability, build accessibility and inclusive design into their work, and make better decisions that improve the experience of disabled transport users. DfT initially requires 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants per session over a 12-month period. Delivery will begin from DfT’s London office, with the ability to provide similar training from offices in Birmingham, Leeds, York and potentially other UK locations.
Classification
CPV80521000 — Training programme services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.
Key information about the requirement that a supplier may need to respond to:
1. Please confirm your interest in bidding for this requirement.
2. If you do not intend to participate, we would be grateful if you could provide feedback on the reasons for your decision. This will help the Department identify lessons learned and inform future procurements.
3. Suppliers are encouraged to provide any feedback on the requirement through this EOI.
Responses to this Expression of Interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Jaggaer Portal.
Link: https://dft.app.jaggaer.com/go/2070691401A11BF17C54
If the Supplier is unable to make a response through the Jaggaer Portal, due to not being registered and unable to register before the deadline, please submit a response to DFTc.Procurement@dft.gov.uk. Suppliers will need to register on Jaggaer and attain a Public Procurement Organisation Number (PPON) to participate in the Invitation to Tender.
Due
21 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
095341-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P 4DR · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
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095341-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Early-stage Department for Transport market engagement for a supplier to deliver disability equality and accessible-transport training. The proposed service combines guided transport-network tours led by disabled people with lived experience and classroom learning. Initial delivery is expected to be 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants each over 12 months.
Who this may suit
Suitable for training providers with demonstrable expertise in disability equality, the Social Model of Disability, accessible transport, inclusive design, and facilitating lived-experience-led learning. Bidding is not yet open.
Key points identified
Service requirementDeliver Barriers to Accessible Transport training for DfT staff, agencies and arm’s-length bodies.Evidence: “DfT requires a supplier to deliver Barriers to Accessible Transport training to staff across the Department, including its agencies and arm’s-length bodies.”
Training formatCombine guided transport-network tours supported by disabled guides with lived experience with classroom-based disability equality learning.Evidence: “The training will combine a guided tour of the transport network, supported by disabled guides with lived experience, with classroom-based disability equality learning.”
Training contentHelp participants identify barriers, understand the Social Model of Disability, embed accessibility and inclusive design in their work, and improve decisions affecting disabled transport users.Evidence: “It is intended to help staff identify barriers, understand the Social Model of Disability, build accessibility and inclusive design into their work, and make better decisions that improve the experience of disabled transport users.”
96% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Early-stage Department for Transport market engagement for a supplier to deliver disability equality and accessible-transport training. The proposed service combines guided transport-network tours led by disabled people with lived experience and classroom learning. Initial delivery is expected to be 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants each over 12 months.
Who this may suit
Suitable for training providers with demonstrable expertise in disability equality, the Social Model of Disability, accessible transport, inclusive design, and facilitating lived-experience-led learning. Bidding is not yet open.
Key deliverables
Guided tours of the transport network supported by disabled guides with lived experience
Classroom-based disability equality learning
Training covering barriers faced by disabled transport users, the Social Model of Disability, accessibility and inclusive design
Initially 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants per session over 12 months
Delivery starting from London, with potential delivery in Birmingham, Leeds, York and other UK locations
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Service requirement
99% confidence
Deliver Barriers to Accessible Transport training for DfT staff, agencies and arm’s-length bodies.
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“DfT requires a supplier to deliver Barriers to Accessible Transport training to staff across the Department, including its agencies and arm’s-length bodies.”
Training format
99% confidence
Combine guided transport-network tours supported by disabled guides with lived experience with classroom-based disability equality learning.
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“The training will combine a guided tour of the transport network, supported by disabled guides with lived experience, with classroom-based disability equality learning.”
Training content
98% confidence
Help participants identify barriers, understand the Social Model of Disability, embed accessibility and inclusive design in their work, and improve decisions affecting disabled transport users.
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“It is intended to help staff identify barriers, understand the Social Model of Disability, build accessibility and inclusive design into their work, and make better decisions that improve the experience of disabled transport users.”
Session volume
99% confidence
Initially 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants per session over 12 months.
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“DfT initially requires 12 full-day sessions for up to 20 participants per session over a 12-month period.”
Supplier eligibility criteria
98% confidence
Unknown; no selection, financial standing, insurance, exclusion or organisational eligibility criteria are stated.
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The supplied preliminary market engagement notice description does not state eligibility or selection criteria.
SME suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Opportunity field suitable_for_sme is null.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Opportunity field suitable_for_vcse is null.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated maximum value
97% confidence
Up to GBP 180,000.
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Opportunity value_max: 180000 GBP.
Contract pricing and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing structure, payment terms or detailed commercial terms are supplied.
Contract term
94% confidence
Initial training delivery is expected over 12 months; the formal contract term is unknown.
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“DfT initially requires 12 full-day sessions ... over a 12-month period.” No contract dates are provided.
Delivery
Initial delivery geography
99% confidence
Delivery will begin from DfT’s London office.
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“Delivery will begin from DfT’s London office.”
Potential additional locations
99% confidence
Supplier should be able to provide similar training from offices in Birmingham, Leeds, York and potentially other UK locations.
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“with the ability to provide similar training from offices in Birmingham, Leeds, York and potentially other UK locations.”
Delivery start date
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start date or delivery timetable is supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Upcoming early-stage procurement; this is a preliminary market engagement notice, not an open bidding opportunity.
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Display status: upcoming; stage: planning; notice type: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”.
Buyer
99% confidence
Department for Transport.
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Buyer name: Department for Transport.
Procurement route
99% confidence
Unknown.
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Procurement method and procurement method details are null.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown; no bid submission deadline is stated.
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Submission deadline is null.
Published date
99% confidence
8 October 2026.
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Published at: 2026-10-08T15:40:23+01:00.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage scope risk
99% confidence
The requirement is subject to market engagement and may change before any formal procurement.
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The notice is at planning stage and is a “Preliminary market engagement notice”.
Geographic delivery risk
97% confidence
Delivery may extend beyond London to Birmingham, Leeds, York and other UK locations, but final locations and volumes are not confirmed.
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“potentially other UK locations” and initial requirements are stated.
Commercial uncertainty
99% confidence
Detailed contract terms, pricing model, payment terms and formal contract dates are unknown.
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No detailed commercial terms or contract dates are supplied.
Procurement timetable uncertainty
99% confidence
The formal procurement route, tender release date and submission requirements are unknown at this market-engagement stage.
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Procurement method, tender start date and submission deadline are not provided.
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