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Published 19 Mar 2026, 12:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Continuous Improvement following TOM2

Official notice

Authority: University of Kent (Education)

Below threshold - without competition
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 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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066ed9 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 12:34 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    19 Mar 2026, 12:56 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £56,2501 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITED2 Apr 2026 – 31 Oct 2026£56,250 inc. VAT16 Mar 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The University Of Kent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYN-9654-JPQJ · GB-UKPRN: 10007150 The Registry,, Canterbury, South East, CT2 7NZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05245381GB-PPON: PDWC-4758-RPTX 76 New Cavendish Street, London, London, W1G 9TBContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender