Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the six-month extension of contract C2980 with KPMG at no additional cost (modification notice 2025/S 000-005296) and the upcoming Learning Frameworks 2.0 procurement (notice 2025/S 000-004188), whether a bridging arrangement with an alternative supplier was considered; whether KPMG has received any new contractual guarantees or assurances as part of the extension and, if so, whether these will be published; and what measures are in place to ensure that KPMG’s incumbency does not confer an unfair advantage in the forthcoming Learning Frameworks 2.0 competition.

As part of the contract extension, KPMG has not received any new contractual guarantees or assurances.

For the Learning Frameworks 2.0 competition, the procurement is being run as a fair and open competition.