Official UK procurement notice
Mandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes Framework Agreement
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Greenwich and the University of Kent successfully completed their merger on 3 August 2026, to create the new London and South East University Group - to be known as LASE.
LASE is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide additional resource, as and when required, to deliver mandatory Moving and Handling, Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BSL), Safeguarding Adults and Children, Conflict Resolution, and Breakaway Training for students enrolled on health care programmes.
The framework is being designed to supply services to LASE institutions, and Canterbury Christ Church University (University of Kent's partner in the Kent and Medway Medical School).
The first call-off contract will be awarded at the same time as the Framework Agreement.
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CPV: First-aid training services · Health and first-aid training services · Health training services · Safety training services · Specialist training services · Training programme services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs are awarded directly to appointed suppliers, without further competition
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 4 yrs from 5 Jan 2027
- Buyer regions
- UKJ
Who may buy through it
Organisation's within the London and South East University Group (LASE) and any of its subsidiaries
Canterbury Christ Church University
Published description of the framework
Prices will be determined by the Framework Prices Schedule of Rates and call-off contracts will be awarded without further competition.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Mandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract, and call-offs are awarded directly: getting appointed is the whole game.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How University of Kent buys Training services (CPV 8050), and who usually turns up
University of Kent’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Training services (CPV 8050) →
How the contest usually goes
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No supplier sizes published for this authority.
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Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 31 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–323%
4–626%
7+41%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1CPV 8050Published estimate£2.8m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–315%
4–618%
7+62%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £150m54 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 15 live · £149m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=5 | |
University of ExeterLarge | £3.5m30 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 16 live · £72m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=2 |
Lancaster UniversityLarge | £372k8 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 5 live · £279k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=4 |
| £92m7 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £1.8m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £262k8 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £198k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Organisation's within the London and South East University Group (LASE) and any of its subsidiaries Canterbury Christ Church University
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:09 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097653- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Appointment period ends
- 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Sept 2026 → 5 Jan 2027 · 7 dates- Planning notice published28 days ago23 Sept 2026, 16:09 BST
- Market engagement6 days ago14 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Suppliers interested in this opportunity should complete and submit the Expression of Interest Response document and continue to monitor the Central Digital Platform for the Tender Notice. The deadline for Expression of Interest Responses is 12 noon Wednesday 14th October 2026.
- Tender notice published6 days ago15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 10 days30 Oct 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 21 days · period end, not a bid countdown11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 45 days4 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 76 days5 Jan 2027
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Sept 2026, 16:09 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Oct 2026, 11:23 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BST
- Deadline published: 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT15 Oct 2026, 16:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender