DWP awards CPUX-F training contract to THIS IS GAIN LTD

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 11:16.

Opportunity overview

Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification. GAIN UX Training - Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification The course is based on content from the International Usability and User Experience Qualification Board (UXQB) and is delivered remotely. The course provides an introduction to usability and user experience in the areas of: • Usability principles and guidelines • Understanding and defining the context of use: o Procedures for analysis o Observation o Interviews o Personas o Scenarios o User groups • How to gather and specify user requirements • Describing user interactions: o Design o Low and high-fidelity prototypes o Dialogue principles o Heuristics o Guidelines o Best-practice error messaging • Usability testing and other evaluation methods o A step-by-step approach to running a usability test o Typical errors o Heuristic evaluation o Questionnaires • Interviews o Personas o Scenarios o User group profiles • Systematically deriving user needs from context of use descriptions o Differentiate between types of user needs o Apply quality factors for user needs o Recognise user needs in context of use information o Formulate user needs so that enables requirements can be derived • Deriving, specifying, structuring and prioritising user requirements o Validate user requirements with users o Use of a structured scheme for prioritisation o Ranking the relevance of user requirements together with users Processed by SSCL

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

THIS IS GAIN LTD

Matched by number

Contract value: £13k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 12 Oct 2026
Including VAT: £15.5k
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 16068670
Location: Bournemouth, UKK24, BH8 8EZ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details 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.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: 39050373139
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Department for Work & Pensions
Id: GB-PPON-PJCP-7274-TLRQ

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PJCP-7274-TLRQ

Address

Street Address: Caxton House 7th Floor 6-12 Tothill Street
Locality: London
Postal Code: SW1H 9NA
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKI32

Contact

Email: cdp-i.systemsanddata@dwp.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: THIS IS GAIN LTD
Id: GB-COH-16068670

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 16068670

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PHHH-8326-ZYLY

Address

Street Address: Avalon
Locality: Bournemouth
Postal Code: BH8 8EZ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK24

Contact

Email: jasmine.cainey@thisisgain.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Url: http://www.thisisgain.com/ ↗
Scale: large
Vcse: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 80511000
Description: Staff training services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKC
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 2

Region: UKD
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 3

Region: UKE
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 4

Region: UKF
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 5

Region: UKG
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 6

Region: UKH
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 7

Region: UKI
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 8

Region: UKJ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 9

Region: UKK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-16068670
Name: THIS IS GAIN LTD

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Above Threshold: No
Date Signed: 13 Oct 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts: 14 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 13 Apr 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 15,540
Amount: 12,950
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 096379-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096379-2026 ↗
Published: 13 Oct 2026, 09:53
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 9NA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096379-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 13 Oct 2026, 09:53

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Department for Work & Pensions awarded a direct, below-threshold contract to THIS IS GAIN LTD for remote CPUX-F human-centred design training and certification.

Published outcome signals

Notice typeContract details notice on Find a TenderEvidence: Published document is described as a 'Contract details notice on Find a Tender'.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 has status 'active'.
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 has status 'active'.

97% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096379-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078634
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 11:16
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Department for Work & Pensions awarded a direct, below-threshold contract to THIS IS GAIN LTD for remote CPUX-F human-centred design training and certification.

Published outcome

One active award and contract are reported. The contract was signed on 13 October 2026 and runs from 14 October 2026 to 13 April 2027.

Market significance

This is a small, single-supplier staff-training procurement with a published net value of £12,950 and gross value of £15,540.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

THIS IS GAIN LTD

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · £12,950 net (£15,540 gross) GBP · Verified supplier; active award

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Award 1 names THIS IS GAIN LTD (GB-COH-16068670); the supplier is verified by company number 16068670. Contract 1 linked to award 1 states £12,950 amount and £15,540 amountGross.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice type

99% confidence

Contract details notice on Find a Tender

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Published document is described as a 'Contract details notice on Find a Tender'.

Award status

99% confidence

Active

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Award 1 has status 'active'.

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 has status 'active'.

Contract signed

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-13.

Contract period

99% confidence

14 October 2026 to 13 April 2027

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-14 and endDate is 2027-04-13.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value, net

99% confidence

£12,950

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Contract 1 value.amount is 12950 GBP.

Contract value, gross

99% confidence

£15,540

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 15540 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Contract-level value linked to sole award 1

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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, which names one supplier.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract details notice published

99% confidence

13 October 2026, 09:53 BST

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Notice publication date is 2026-10-13T09:53:10+01:00.

Contract signed

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-10-13.

Contract start

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-14.

Contract end

99% confidence

13 April 2027

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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-04-13.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) training and certification

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Tender title states 'Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification'.

Delivery model

99% confidence

Remote

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The description states that the course is delivered remotely.

Service classification

99% confidence

Staff training services (CPV 80511000)

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Award item lists CPV 80511000, described as staff training services.

Coverage

94% confidence

UK regions excluding Northern Ireland and Wales in the published delivery-address list

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Award delivery addresses list UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Direct

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Tender procurementMethod is 'direct'.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Below threshold - without competition

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Tender procurementMethodDetails states 'Below threshold - without competition'.

Competition information

99% confidence

No bid count, evaluation results or award rationale published

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

98% confidence

Approximately six months

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Published contract period runs from 14 October 2026 to 13 April 2027.

Above-threshold status

99% confidence

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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is false.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

97% confidence

Single-supplier, fixed-term training engagement

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One supplier is named on one active award, with a defined contract period and published contract value.

Route-to-market signal

99% confidence

The buyer used a below-threshold direct award without competition

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Published procedure detail is 'Below threshold - without competition'.

Comparable supplier opportunity

95% confidence

Relevant capability is remote delivery of CPUX-F-aligned human-centred design training and certification

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The published scope identifies remote CPUX-F training based on UXQB content.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

97%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078634
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Department for Work & Pensions

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Buyer party is named Department for Work & Pensions.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority

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Buyer classification is 'Public authority - central government'.

Buyer location

99% confidence

London

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Buyer address locality is London.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

THIS IS GAIN LTD, company number 16068670

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Supplier verification identifies THIS IS GAIN LTD through a company-number match to GB-COH-16068670 / 16068670.

Supplier location

99% confidence

Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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Supplier address locality is Bournemouth, postcode BH8 8EZ.

Published supplier classification

98% confidence

Large; not VCSE

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Supplier party details state scale 'large' and vcse false.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Potential re-procurement timing

72% confidence

Estimate: around the April 2027 contract end date, if the requirement continues

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The explicit contract end date is 13 April 2027; no extension, renewal or replacement procurement provision is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award-level value

99% confidence

Not separately published

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Award 1 has no value; values are supplied only on linked contract 1.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value

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Lot 1 is present but its title, description and value fields are null.

Competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No bid count, tender submissions, scores, evaluation criteria, award rationale or pricing breakdown is provided.

Renewal detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

View supporting evidence

No options, extension terms or renewal provisions are stated.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published notice does not provide a separate award value, individual lot value, pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation outcome, award rationale or tender dates.
Lot 1 is identified but has no published title or description.
No extension, option or renewal terms are published; the re-procurement timing is only an estimate based on the stated contract end date.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the DWP CPUX-F training contract?

THIS IS GAIN LTD, verified against company number 16068670.

What is the contract value?

The published contract value is £12,950 net and £15,540 gross.

When does the contract run?

It starts on 14 October 2026 and ends on 13 April 2027.

How was the supplier selected?

The notice records a direct, below-threshold procurement without competition. Further competition or evaluation information was not published.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

Foundation in Human-Centred Design (CPUX-F) - Training and Certification

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

THIS IS GAIN LTD

Classification

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Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Lots and requirements

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Address

Contact

Roles

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Contact

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Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

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Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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