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OpenStage · planning

Kent County Council

Kent Test (11+) Examination Services

EducationCPV 80100000
Value£835k
Deadline
Published3 Dec 2025
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Orla Miller
orla.miller@kent.gov.uk
03000 416375

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£835ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Kent County Council (the Council) currently runs a process which aims, principally through testing to identify candidates in the top 25% of the ability range as eligible for admission to Year 7 of any of the county’s grammar schools at age 11.

Entry to the process is voluntary, with approximately 67% of the local cohort opting to take part, plus a significant number of external candidates.

Provision is currently made for approximately 20,000 candidates.

KCC wishes to engage the market to discuss a potential procurement exercise to appoint a suitable provider to deliver Kent wide 11+ Examination Services.

Interested providers should register their interest by 12pm 17th December 2025, together with a completed Market Engagement Questionnaire.

The event will take place on 18th December 2025 (approximately 10 am).

Meeting invites will be sent out upon receipt of your EOI and completed questionnaire.

If you have any questions and/or queried please contact orla.miller@kent.gov.uk To view this notice, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=998649923

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

KCC wishes to engage the market

KCC wishes to engage the market to discuss a potential procurement exercise to appoint a suitable provider to deliver Kent wide 11+ Examination Services.

02

Interested providers should register their interest by

Interested providers should register their interest by 12pm 17th December 2025, together with a completed Market Engagement Questionnaire.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ee2e
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079464-2025
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