PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Complexity Thinking Training

National Audit Office · published 8 May 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID23746bff-addd-45fe-90c5-6951bab41e3a-896432
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-2af54444-9341-4caa-aae8-15a0b1a9cb96
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£15,000
award field
Tender value
£12,500
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Sole source
Category
services
CPV
80510000
Specialist training services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded a contract to Cognitive Edge Ltd for the provision of introductory training on complexity thinking and approaches to managing complex systems (Cynefin training). The contract commenced on Monday 27th April 2026 for one year and will expire on 26th April 2027. The total contract value is £15,000 inclusive of VAT.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published2 Mar 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published26 Apr 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published26 Apr 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Cognitive Edge Ltd

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 8 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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