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Post Graduate Award in Policy Government Policy Fast Stream

  • First published: 03 October 2025
  • Last modified: 03 October 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-059e77
Published by:
Department for Education
Authority ID:
AA20011
Publication date:
03 October 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
UK6
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
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Abstract

This Direct Award is to King's College London for the delivery of the King's College London Post Graduate Award for the 2025 Government Policy Fast Stream cohort with teaching of the first module beginning in March. Designed with the UK Civil Service the KCL Post Graduate Award is designed for Government Policy Fast Streamers to support their development across the policy profession standards. This offer has been designed to complement the fast stream programme.This direct award aims to provide learners continuity of service and provision, ensuring that there is no break in our ability to deliver accredited learning to fast streamers whilst we identify a longer-term procurement strategy and the Learning Framework 2.0 is established. If this Direct Award were not to proceed, we would have a gap in learning provision for this cohort, as KCL are the only supplier available to provide this programme in this timeframe.

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Scope

Procurement reference

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Procurement description

This Direct Award is to King's College London for the delivery of the King's College London Post Graduate Award for the 2025 Government Policy Fast Stream cohort with teaching of the first module beginning in March. Designed with the UK Civil Service the KCL Post Graduate Award is designed for Government Policy Fast Streamers to support their development across the policy profession standards. This offer has been designed to complement the fast stream programme.

This direct award aims to provide learners continuity of service and provision, ensuring that there is no break in our ability to deliver accredited learning to fast streamers whilst we identify a longer-term procurement strategy and the Learning Framework 2.0 is established. If this Direct Award were not to proceed, we would have a gap in learning provision for this cohort, as KCL are the only supplier available to provide this programme in this timeframe.

Contracting authority

Department for Education

Identification register:

  • GB-PPON

Address 1: Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street

Town/City: London

Postcode: SW1P3BT

Country: United Kingdom

Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDZG-3487-DPVD

NUTS code: UKI32

Email: Core.PROCUREMENT@education.gov.uk

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Supplier

King's College London

Identification register:

  • GB-COH

Address 1: King's College London, Strand

Town/City: London

Postcode: WC2R 2LS

Country: United Kingdom

Companies House: RC000297

NUTS code: UKI32

Email: policy-institute@kcl.ac.uk

Type:

  • Large

Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract

Post Graduate Award in Policy Government Policy Fast Stream

ID: 1

Status: Pending

Related lots

1

Date the contract will be signed (estimated)

10 October 2025, 23:59PM

Can this contract be extended?: Yes

Value

731170 GBP Excluding VAT

731170 GBP Including VAT

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80300000 - Higher education services

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

10 October 2025, 00:00AM to 31 May 2028, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 31 May 2029

Suppliers

  • GB-COH-RC000297

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80300000 Higher education services Education and training services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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