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CSP25042 - Advanced CI Training and Certification
Published 29 Oct 2025
29 Oct 2025
- Primary CPV
-
80500000 *
Training services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Swindon, South West
- Value
- £1,382,633
- Contract
-
1 year Duration
17/11/2025 16/11/2026
- Contract Types
-
80 *Education & training servicesFull CPV Breakdown
- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom · UKK14
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
UK Research and Innovation
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
80500000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: CSP25042
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) are seeking to procure a strategic delivery partner to support the establishment and scaling of its Continuous Improvement (CI) Centre of Expertise (CoE).
Full CPV breakdown
- 80500000 — Training services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Central government
- Competition
- Open competition (any supplier can bid)
- Contract type
- Services
- Bids received
- 4
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Award date
- 29 Oct 2025
- Standstill period ends
- 7 Nov 2025
- Contract can be extended to
- 16 Nov 2029
- Renewal
- Please note, any extension period, will only cover STFC requirements highlighted in the specification and UKRI CI CoE requirements will cease on the November 2026.
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 29 Oct 2025 11:36
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-058ced
- Notice ID
- CSP25042
Competition
4
Bids received
4
Bids considered at final stage
3
SME bids at final stage
0
VCSE bids at final stage
Organisations on this notice
UK Shared Busniess Services Ltd
Procuring Entity, Process Contact Point
Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FF, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PMPN-7535-GNTG
Supplier SME
C/O Rayner Essex Llp Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9LG, United Kingdom
GB-COH 03102831
Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 14 Nov 2025 · Scheduled
Full notice record
70 detailsEverything the publisher included in this notice, organised by section.
Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | UK Research and Innovation |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | Polaris House |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Swindon |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK14 |
| Party 1 › Contact › Email | Commercial@ukri.org |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - central government |
| Party 2 › Name | UK Shared Busniess Services Ltd |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | Polaris House, North Star Avenue |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Swindon |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKK14 |
| Party 2 › Contact › Email | Coreservices@uksbs.co.uk |
| Party 2 › Role › Role 1 | Procuring entity |
| Party 2 › Role › Role 2 | Process contact point |
| Party 2 › Role Details | Share Service Provider |
| Party 3 › Name | Catalyst Consulting Ltd |
| Party 3 › Address › Street | C/O Rayner Essex Llp Tavistock House South, Tavistock Square |
| Party 3 › Address › Town / city | London |
| Party 3 › Address › Postcode | WC1H 9LG |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 3 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 3 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKI31 |
| Party 3 › Contact › Email | info@catalystconsulting.co.uk |
| Party 3 › Role | supplier |
| Party 3 › Business size | sme |
| Party 3 › VCSEs | No |
| Party 3 › Public service mission organisation | No |
| Party 3 › Sheltered workshop | No |
Buyer
| Name | UK Research and Innovation |
Tender
| Title | CSP25042 - Advanced CI Training and Certification |
| Description | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) are seeking to procure a strategic delivery partner to support the establishment and scaling of its Continuous Improvement (CI) Centre of Expertise (CoE). |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | open |
| Procedure | Open procedure |
| Lot › Status | complete |
Awards
| Title | CSP25042 - Advanced CI Training and Certification |
| Status | pending |
| Date | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £1,659,159.60 |
| Value › Value | £1,382,633 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | Catalyst Consulting Ltd |
| Item › CPV › Description | Training services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UK |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Standstill period › End | 7 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period › Start | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period › End | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Contract period › Can be extended to | 16 Nov 2029 |
| Can be renewed | Yes |
| Renewal › Description | Please note, any extension period, will only cover STFC requirements highlighted in the specification and UKRI CI CoE requirements will cease on the November 2026. |
| Subcontracting › Subcontracts › Main Contractors › Name | Catalyst Consulting Ltd |
| Subcontracting › Subcontracts › Description | N/A |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Contract award notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069296-2025 |
| Document › Published | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Assessment Summaries Date Sent | 29 Oct 2025 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 14 Nov 2025 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |