Invitation to Tender Building Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products in Local Authority Regulatory Services

The Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) was established by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Strategy in 2018 and is the national regulator for product safety, legal metrology and construction products.

Our purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence

Local Authority Regulatory Services (LARS1) also have statutory obligations for the delivery of regulation with regard to product safety, legal metrology and construction products.

As national regulator for Product Safety and Legal Metrology, OPSS provides national capacity and supports local authority enforcement and coordination of national and local regulation. As the national regulator for Construction Products, it is building the national regulator function and establishing local authority capability.

The requirement is for Development and delivery of a specialist annual Learning & Development (L & D) programme in accordance with a detailed specification including, sourcing trainers, development of specialist technical course resources, all course administration including booking venues and delegate management.