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Department for Education Contract Award: Freelance Policy Advisor

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Published January 13th, 2026
Detected March 7th, 2026
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Summary

The UK Department for Education has awarded a contract for a Freelance Policy Advisor to Andrew Cowan for £29,400, including VAT. The contract is for services related to the Open Innovation Team and will run for one year.

What changed

This notice details a contract awarded by the UK Department for Education to Andrew Cowan for the role of Freelance Policy Advisor within the Open Innovation Team. The contract value is £29,400 (including VAT) and is set to run for one year, from January 19, 2026, to January 19, 2027. This is a below-threshold, limited competition procurement.

This is a standard contract award notice and does not impose new regulatory obligations on external entities. Compliance officers should note this as a routine government procurement activity. No specific compliance actions or deadlines are associated with this notice for regulated entities.

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Contract

Andrew Cowan - Freelance Policy Advisor (con_30830)

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-020650

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0664bd

Published 6 March 2026, 7:07pm

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Description

Contract for a freelance policy advisor for the Open Innovation Team

Contract 1. Andrew Cowan - Freelance Policy Advisor (con_30830)

Supplier

Contract value

  • £24,500 excluding VAT
  • £29,400 including VAT Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

13 January 2026

Contract dates

  • 19 January 2026 to 19 January 2027
  • 1 year, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

Contract administration services

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - limited competition

Supplier

Andrew Cowan

Redacted

Redacted

SW1P 3BT

United Kingdom

Email: Redacted@redacted.com

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Andrew Cowan - Freelance Policy Advisor (con_30830)

Contracting authority

Department for Education

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDZG-3487-DPVD Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street

London

SW1P3BT

United Kingdom

Email: Contract-Grant.DATA@education.gov.uk

Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procurement

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Source

Analysis generated by AI. Source diff and links are from the original.

Classification

Agency
Various UK Agencies
Published
January 13th, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor

Who this affects

Applies to
Government agencies
Geographic scope
UK

Taxonomy

Primary area
Government Contracting
Operational domain
Legal
Topics
Government Contracts Public Administration

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