University of Kent: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)·Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South East England·Canterbury, Kent·Ran 1 procurement for other authorities
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 16 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
135 awarded tenders, 120 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Mandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes Framework Agreement | 11 Nov 2026 | 14d | £2,800,000 |
| High-Speed Spectrometer System | 20 Nov 2026 | 23d | £115,833 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work14 procedures · 10%48 Software package and information systems4 procedures · 3%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 3%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting4 procedures · 3%60 Transport services (except waste transport)3 procedures · 2%38 Laboratory, optical and precision2 procedures · 1% · 1 open80 Education and training services2 procedures · 1% · 1 open34 Transport equipment and products2 procedures · 1%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 144 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract98%(141 notices)
141 of 144 notices are Contract (98%).Framework2%(3 notices)
3 of 144 notices are Framework (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Direct award69%(99 notices)
99 of 144 notices are Direct award (69%).Open22%(31 notices)
31 of 144 notices are Open (22%).Limited / restricted5%(7 notices)
7 of 144 notices are Limited / restricted (5%).Route not published4%(6 notices)
6 of 144 notices are Route not published (4%).Selective1%(1 notice)
1 of 144 notices is Selective (1%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 16 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 16 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 144 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 9 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Hybrid News Limited | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 8 Jul 2026 |
| Ernst and Young LLP | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 10 Sept 2026 |
| MILLS AND REEVE | 3 | 2.2% | 3 | 3 | 21 May 2026 |
| Zeelo Ltd | 3 | 2.2% | 2 | 5 | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Chalkwell Coach Hire | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 4 | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Bayliss Executive Travel Limited | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 3 | 10 Nov 2025 |
| AD ESSE CONSULTING LIMITED | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | 16 Mar 2026 |
| PEOPLE AND PROMPT LTD | 2 | 1.5% | 2 | 2 | 11 May 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 135 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 120 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Improvements to the Agent Management and Admissions System | Stive Technologies Limited | — | 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs | £4,000,000 ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| AI platform for use by Staff and Students at The University Of Kent | OPENAI UK LTD | 10 Feb 2026 | 2.2 yrs · up to 5.2 yrs | £3,257,010 ≈ £1.5m/yr |
| Engagement and Marketing Activities | Hybrid News Limited | 28 May 2026 | 11 mo | £1,500,000 |
| Audio Visual: System Design/Consultancy, Supplies, Installation and Maintenance | Roche Audio Visual | — | — | £979,636 † |
| Managed Launderette Service | Washco | — | — | £672,000 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
27 of 43 contracts carry an end date, 1 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Temporary Agency Staff | Morgan Jones Ltd | 30 Apr 2027 | £1,481,394 |
| Graduation Videography Services | REDSHARK LIMITED | 31 Jul 2027 | £59,322 |
| High Speed Camera System | SPECIALISED IMAGING LIMITED | 23 Aug 2027 | £222,415 |
| Worktribe Pre-award and Reporting modules | Worktribe | 1 Nov 2027 | £77,903 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 166 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Database and Integration Software | Awarded / complete | 22 Oct 2026 | — |
| External Print Purchase Orders | Awarded / complete | 19 Oct 2026 | — |
| Achieve International Education Group - HAP | Awarded / complete | 14 Oct 2026 | — |
| University of Kent & UKNCC China Visit | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2026 | — |
| Removal & Relocation Services | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| EY Support Contract 2026/27 | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2026 | — |
| EY Support Contract 2026/27 | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2026 | — |
| Qualtrics Survey Software | Awarded / complete | 18 Sept 2026 | — |
| Supply of Furniture to the London and South East University GroupFurniture (incl. office furniture) | Planning | 17 Sept 2026 | £5,000,000 |
| Graduation Videography Services | Awarded / complete | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| Guaranteed InternshipsEducation and training services | Open | 8 Sept 2026 | £333,333 |
| Worktribe Pre-award and Reporting modules | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | — |
| Tuning EARS for the Future | Awarded / complete | 20 Aug 2026 | — |
| High Speed Camera SystemCameras | Awarded / complete | 20 Aug 2026 | £272,500 |
| Confocal Microscope Service Contract | Awarded / complete | 19 Aug 2026 | — |
| Care-full Synthesis | Awarded / complete | 13 Aug 2026 | — |
| Set up of Project SusPack | Awarded / complete | 7 Aug 2026 | — |
| KBS Strategic Support - Degree Apprenticeship Director | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | — |
| Digital Certificates Annual Licence Renewal | Awarded / complete | 29 Jul 2026 | — |
| Mobile Phone ProvisionMobile-telephone services | Awarded / complete | 29 Jul 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 27 of 43 published contracts have an end date; 1 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.