Official UK procurement notice
Continuous Improvement following TOM2
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Awarded value£56,250published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 16 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis spend will provide:
- Training for our improvement practitioners (when the new person has been recruited) to ensure they have the full set of capabilities required to support the workstreams - 5 days at £9,375 exc. VAT
- Expert resource to support the non-standard staff hiring process to ensure this project can deliver ahead of the next academic year and to coach our practitioners in delivering these kinds of projects so they can run them effectively in future - 20 days at £37,500 exc. VAT
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2026, 12:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2026, 12:56 GMT
- Authority reference
26-012- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-025156- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published19 Mar 2026, 12:34 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published19 Mar 2026, 12:56 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £56,2501 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITED2 Apr 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 | £56,250 inc. VAT | 16 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender