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title: "SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0401af"
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buyer: "KENT COUNTY COUNCIL"
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# SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services

Buyer: KENT COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0401af

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## Summary

Kent County Council (KCC), based in Maidstone, UK, awarded the contract titled "SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services" on 23 September 2025 as part of its ongoing procurement process. This contract falls under the services category with a focus on financial management consultancy. The procurement process, initiated through a selective "Restricted procedure", had a series of key requirements including financial appraisal reports for the KCC managed business investment schemes. Originally, the tender period ended on 18 October 2023, and the contract was signed on 22 November 2023. The process involved several stages, with FSE C.I.C emerging as the supplier for the contract. The contract allows for remote work but necessitates attendance at decision meetings, with potential extension up to 24 months.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for business growth, especially for companies specialising in financial due diligence and consultancy services. Organisations capable of conducting thorough and timely financial appraisal reports that assist decision-making, debt recovery, and investment proposals will find this contract beneficial. With a structured, recurring need for these services over potentially five years, capable businesses can establish lasting partnerships with KCC. The selective nature of the procurement, focusing on quality alongside cost considerations, encourages experienced businesses to offer competitive proposals to meet KCC’s robust requirements, thereby expanding their influence and scope in the public sector consultancy domain.

## Notice

Kent County Council (KCC) has awarded a contract to provide independent financial appraisal reports to support the investment decisions of the KCC managed business investment schemes.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The key requirements of the Service are as follows: a) to attend to 2-3 monthly decision meetings on request; b) to prepare at the full application stage for each eligible applicant of the KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the investment proposal and be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meetings; c) to prepare at the debt recovery stage for existing loan recipients of KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the current financial position of the business to assist in the understanding of the current financial position of a company. This report to be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meeting; d) Each financial appraisal report should include a range of information to assist the monthly decision-making meeting make its Recommendations i.e., to Partially Fund/Fully Fund/Reject/Defer, suggest conditions, repayment schedule and security (if funding was to be offered); e) there may be an ad-hoc requirement for follow-up independent appraisal work connected with the KCC managed business investment schemes. Most of this work can be undertaken remotely but attendance at designated Investment Advisory Board (IAB) or Subgroup (SG) meetings and the Debt Recovery Group meeting are also a requirement for the contractor. The contract may be extended for a further period of up to 24 months.

Renewal: The initial contract period is 36 months. The contract may be extended by two further periods of 12 months. The maximum contract duration is 60 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058982-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Nov 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | KENT COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | MAIDSTONE |
| Post town | Rochester |
| Postcode | ME14 1XQ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ45 Mid Kent |
| Local authority | Maidstone |
| Electoral ward | Penenden Heath |
| Westminster constituency | Maidstone and Malling |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FSE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services

## Release History

- 23 Sep 2025 at 14:54 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/058982-2025
- 18 Sep 2023 at 14:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027518-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.kent.gov.uk
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=e79ad45a-1556-ee11-8124-005056b64545

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