PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Contract variation

Cabinet Office · published 22 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 IDc05ebaa5-db19-4000-95f2-7d0c7cf6e686-898828
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-814065bc-c222-4aa3-b101-70143fb0a6f2
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3A4AmUm4
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£234,000,000
award field
Tender value
£65,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Contract variation
Category
services
CPV
80000000
Education and training services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Contract variation to modify the contract dated 2 October 2020 with Ernst & Young LLP for the delivery of learning and development services. The term of the contract will be extended by 12 months, such that the new expiry date will be 31 October 2025, and the maximum value of the contract will be increased by 50% from £130,000,000 (ex. VAT) to £195,000,000 (ex. VAT). No other changes will be made to the contract. The contract duration is extended by six months from the end date of 31 October 2025 to 30 April 2026 for business continuity. The Termination Assistance Period option, that facilities transition of learning to the new provision (when in place), is also being invoked. No other changes are being made to the contract. Time only extension to 31st January 2027. No other changes are being made to the contract.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release22 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published2 Oct 2020
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2020
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Jan 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 22 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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