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title: "Continuous Improvement following TOM2"
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# Continuous Improvement following TOM2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/continuous-improvement-following-tom2-ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Kent: "Continuous Improvement following TOM2". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Kent](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-kent-urn-133807)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £56,250 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/continuous-improvement-following-tom2-ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/continuous-improvement-following-tom2-ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9#tl-md)

## Description
This spend will provide:
1. 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
2. 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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72224000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05245381`
  - Value: £56,250 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025156-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-19T12:56:08.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:32:46.506Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9