Official UK procurement notice
Mandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes Framework Agreement
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
The 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 for the provision of additional resource, on an as-needed basis, to deliver mandatory training for students enrolled on healthcare programmes. The Delta Helpdesk operates Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm (GMT), excluding bank holidays. Published lot titles: Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and Moving and Handling Training; Conflict Resolution Training and Breakaway Training.
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
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 for the provision of additional resource, on an as-needed basis, to deliver mandatory training for students enrolled on healthcare programmes.
The Framework is divided into two lots:
Lot 1 – Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and Moving and Handling Training
Lot 2 – Conflict Resolution Training and Breakaway Training
One Provider will be appointed to each Lot.
The framework is being designed to supply services to LASE member institutions, and those of its subsidiaries and eligible partner institution the Kent and Medway Medical School, which is a partnership between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent.
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 20 Jan 2027
- Buyer regions
- UKJ
Who may buy through it
LASE member institutions, and those of its subsidiaries
Canterbury Christ Church University
Published description of the framework
One supplier will be appointed to each Lot. Suppliers may only deliver services and receive call-off contracts for the Lot to which they are appointed. No supplier shall be entitled to provide services under, or receive call-off contracts from, any other Lot. Contracts will be awarded directly to the supplier appointed to the relevant Lot, with prices determined using the Framework Rates in force at the time the call-off contract is placed, subject to any price adjustment mechanisms detailed in the Framework Agreement. No further competition will be conducted.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1,400,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and Moving and Handling TrainingRenewalceiling above
To provide Mandatory Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and Moving and Handling Training services for students enrolled on, but not exclusive to, the following programmes:
Adult Nursing
Child Nursing
Mental Health Nursing
Midwifery
Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
Physiotherapy
Speech & Language Therapy
Learning Disability Nursing
Lot #2Conflict Resolution Training and Breakaway TrainingRenewalceiling above
To provide Mandatory Conflict Resolution Training and Breakaway Training services for students enrolled on, but not exclusive to, the following programmes:
Adult Nursing
Child Nursing
Mental Health Nursing
Midwifery
Operating Department Practitioner (ODP)
Physiotherapy
Speech & Language Therapy
Learning Disability Nursing
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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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 (3)
- Price
- Quality
- Social Value
- 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 Health and first-aid training services (CPV 8056), and who usually turns up
University of Kent has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Health and first-aid training services (CPV 8056) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 95 days of the bid deadline.
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No awards recorded for this authority in this market.
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1 bid8%
2–325%
4–625%
7+43%
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Lot #1Resuscitation / Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and Moving and Handling TrainingCPV 80Published estimate£1.4m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid0%
2–341%
4–626%
7+32%
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
University of ExeterLarge | £3.6m31 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 17 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 | £879k10 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 7 live · £787k 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 |
| £559k9 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 5 live · £495k 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=1 | |
| £978k5 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £78k 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. | 45% above n=1 | |
| £668k8 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 5 live · £477k 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 |
Lot #2Conflict Resolution Training and Breakaway TrainingCPV 80Published estimate£1.4m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 80. The comparison uses that group.
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1 bid0%
2–344%
4–626%
7+30%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £148m55 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 16 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 | £3.6m31 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 17 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 |
| £559k9 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 5 live · £495k 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=1 | |
| £92m7 awards in 36m · last 11 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 | |
| £99k3 awards in 36m · last 4 months ago | 1 live · £30k 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 and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
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- 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.
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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 for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- LASE member institutions, and those of its subsidiaries Canterbury Christ Church University
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Nov 2026, 19:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2026, 19:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Dec 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107335- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07ba15Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Delta eSourcing- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 8 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Nov 2026 → 20 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published1h ago11 Nov 2026, 19:13 GMT
- Today11 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days26 Nov 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 26 days · period end, not a bid countdown8 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 41 days22 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 69 days20 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published11 Nov 2026, 19:13 GMTUK4
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender