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King’s College London Postgraduate Learning Offer

Department for Education · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 23 Sept 2026, 12:21.

Opportunity overview

This Direct Award is to King's College London for the delivery of the King's College London Postgraduate Learning Offer (KCL PGL2) from January 2026. This will include enrolment on standalone modules up until July 2027, with the final enrolment point for the postgraduate certificate/ diploma in March 2027. Designed with the UK Civil Service, the KCL PGL2 is designed for mid-career civil servants, to support their development at level 2 of the policy profession standards. This offer is designed to be flexible and modular. This direct award aims to provide learners continuity of service and provision, ensuring that there is no break in our ability to deliver mid-career accredited learning whilst we undertake a full procurement. If this Direct Award were not to proceed, we would have a gap in learning provision at this level, as KCL are the only supplier available to provide flexible, modular learning explicitly aligned to the policy profession standards. Proceeding via a direct award is the favourable option in comparison to other available contracting vehicles , as it represents a significant saving in comparison to the current per student cost The Direct Award will also allow us to undertake a full procurement exercise for delivery of Accredited Learning from September 2027, allowing us to test the requirements of the policy profession against the wider higher education market This notice was originally published on 5 January 2026 which was incorrectly linked to ocds-h6vhtk-059e77. This was a mistake due to a linkage error. This notice is to correct the error and clearly show the contract was awarded. The notice this record replaces can be found here 2026/S 000-000407

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Kings College London

Matched by number
Contract value
£2.8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
4 Dec 2025
Including VAT
£2.8m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH RC000297
Location
London, UKI32, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
project_10124
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
KCL is the only supplier that could deliver the conclusion of 2025 diploma cohort without disruption to learners, due to the conclusion of the Learning Frameworks Termination Assistance Period. Due to recruitment timelines (beginning October 2025), it will be impossible to have a new supplier in place for the delivery of the January 2026 cohort. A quotation from the supplier indicates an estimated saving of £145,070 across government when compared to the learning framework, based off historic average student volumes. This extension would allow time for us to test requirements against the open market through a full procurement exercise.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Education
Id
GB-PPON-PDZG-3487-DPVD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDZG-3487-DPVD

Address

Street Address
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1P3BT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Kings College London
Id
GB-COH-RC000297

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
RC000297

Address

Street Address
Kings College London, Strand
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2R 2LS
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80300000
Description
Higher education services

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-RC000297
Name
Kings College London

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
4 Dec 2025, 00:00

Period

Starts
4 Dec 2025, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
2,751,328
Amount
2,751,328
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Social value: Public Accessibility of Academic Expertise
Description
Number of public facing academic events hosted or delivered annually. Measurement: Annually reported by the supplier

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Survey satisfaction score
Description
Average satisfaction score from postgraduate learners (via Evasys surveys) Annually reported by the supplier

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12
Entry 3
Id
3
Title
Course Completion Rate
Description
Measures the percentage of enrolled postgraduate students who successfully complete the coursewithin the agreed timeframe. Annually reported by the supplier

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
12

Documents

Entry 1
Id
087893-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
16 Sept 2026, 15:41
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1P3BT · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 087893-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·