Official UK procurement notice
Britannic Managed Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
Sectors: Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Awarded value£142,715published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 28 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Britannic Technologies Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBritannic's service is an outsourced partnership where they take full responsibility for managing, monitoring, and supporting a company's critical IT and communication systems. This is done proactively, 24/7/365, from a UK-based Network Operations Centre (NOC) with the goal of preventing issues before they impact the business. Its primary objectives are to ensure maximum system uptime, enhance cybersecurity, optimize performance, and reduce the operational overhead on internal teams. This helps University manage the service while running on a lean structure.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Oct 2025, 11:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 11:18 GMT
- Authority reference
25-040- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068874- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d4faFind a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published28 Oct 2025, 11:03 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published28 Oct 2025, 11:18 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £142,7151 award inc. VAT; no net value published
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Britannic Technologies LimitedSME31 Oct 2025 – 30 Oct 2026 | £142,715 inc. VAT | 28 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BRITANNIC TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender