# Essential Digital Skills Standards review \(con\_30796\)

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: ACE: Advanced Consultancy in Education
- Award value: £15,750
- Tender value: £15,750
- Award date: 6 October 2025
- Published: 6 March 2026
- Contract start: 6 October 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 772772fd-3b69-435e-beff-177f49f3e149-887613
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b38be4a8-6afe-4e22-9b78-d4e7f549f533

## Description

Update the Essential Digital Skills \(EDS\) National Standards to ensure alignment with current digital competencies and evolving user needs\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/772772fd-3b69-435e-beff-177f49f3e149-887613)