The Contract Management Capability Programme 2022/23 - About the programme (HTML)
Updated 29 October 2025
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Why do we need fully-trained and accredited contract managers?
Because
-Everyone remembers what happened with Carillion, the Post Office IT system, and the NHS PPI - how to get it badly wrong -The audit agencies require organisations to demonstrate mitigations for risk within the management of suppliers and contracts -Services are public domain - so the government, service users and taxpayers will be challenging you to demonstrate efficiency and value
Contract management professionals are expected to:
- Spend taxpayers’ money effectively…
- Provide the public with value for money….
- Manage contracts capably and efficiently….
- Have the right combination of contract management understanding, skills and knowledge…
This is why the Contract Management Capability Programme has been developed
Can you tick all the boxes?
- Manage risk and meet assurance, governance and compliance criteria for every contract managed
- Provide demonstrable value for money to taxpayers and the public purse from contracts managed and the services they deliver
- Create value efficiencies and reduce erosion from contractors
- Invest in people, training, skills, and development to enhance credibility
- Meet the Contract Management Professional Standards of consistency and capability
The Contract Management Capability Programme has been designed to enable you to manage contracts more effectively
Benefits of the programme
Benefits for the learner
- An accreditation that is transferable across public sector roles
- A significant skills uplift and knowledge boost
- CPD Standards Office endorsement and personal development points
- Join a community of accredited contract managers, boosting the recognition of contract management as a profession
- Free membership of WorldCC, the professional association for the sector, for the duration of the Practitioner or Expert programme
Benefits for the organisation
- Placing contract managers on the programme demonstrates a commitment to developing your people
- Increasing numbers of accreditations demonstrates credibility and how professional standards are maintained
- Learners put their knowledge from the training and accreditation into making cost savings and contract efficiencies
- The training is shaped around real world examples from the workplace
- An exclusive focus on UK public sector contracts
We’ll help you meet your expectations…. the Contract Management Capability Programme will enable you to demonstrate the right skills, knowledge and expertise
Programme successes
Programme successes:
- Foundation accreditations topped 30,000 in 2025
- Satisfaction with learning & development hit 85% in 2025
- Over 1,800 Practitioner & Expert course completions - many awaiting their assessment
- A brand new design for the executive-level Senior Responsible Owner course
- 10% average skills uplift observed from the programmes of learning
Wider successes:
- Contract managers completing an accreditation programme used their new knowledge to make combined savings across 2025 of more than £180 million
- A massive 92% of learners so far have been able to bring about some form of cost or efficiency saving to their contracts, no matter how large or small
- Three-quarters of learners have already experienced improved stakeholder relationships
We’ll meet your expectations… as these success stories show
The Programme
Foundation training & accreditation programme
The baseline accreditation in contract management. Ideal for everyone entering a role which includes the management of public sector contracts and suppliers.
Beyond Foundation development programme
A series of nine stand-alone videos, each of which elaborate on key contract management themes, ideal for topping up knowledge.
Practitioner training & accreditation programme
A newly-redesigned accreditation training programme for anyone who manages medium and medium-high risk and value contracts (silver) with 6-12 months experience.
Expert training & accreditation programme
A newly-redesigned, strategic-level, accreditation training programme for experienced people managing high and very high risk and value (gold) contracts.
Contract management for senior responsible owners
The newly-redesigned executive-level development course is available to publicly-appointed senior responsible owners, and contract leads who work in contract management.
Why you should choose your training from the programme
Because the programme is:
- Contemporary - launched in October 2018, and continues to evolve, taking in the criteria of the Procurement Act 2023
- Flexible and agile - training and accreditation is carried out online - no need to travel
- CPD-endorsed - all five courses attract CPD points - demonstrating a commitment to personal development
- Focused - WorldCC and CIPS are contemporaries, but these aren’t UK
- Tailored - the learning is shaped around examples from the workplace
- Value for money - funding is available to undertake our courses and accreditations, but not for other contemporary programmes
As everything in this presentations shows…we’ll meet your expectations!