Official UK procurement notice
Contract Title: Mexico Representative
Authority: Cardiff University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCardiff University would like to appoint an 'in-country representative' in Mexico. This would be via one of our education agents we already work with, called Inova (rather than via a Launchpad Service). The education agent will employ the individual, and we will direct their work to achieve our outcomes. The representative will be primarily engaged in activities in countries across North America, with the main focus on the United States (primary market) and Canada and Mexico (secondary markets).
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- 18 Aug 2025, 14:37 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2025, 11:04 BST
- Authority reference
CU.1928.MP- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050076- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0589dfFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
We have been unable to source another supplier in Mexico that can provide an in-country representative that can target the market CU require. There are other suppliers available in the Americas but they do not provide value for money and may not cover Latin America, which is one of the locations CU wish to target.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published20 Aug 2025, 11:04 BST
- Standstill ends1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Aug 2025- Transparency notice published18 Aug 2025, 14:37 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published20 Aug 2025, 11:04 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inova EducationMexico Representative8 Sept 2025 – 30 Aug 2028 | £192,598 | 18 Aug 2025standstill to 1 Sept 2025 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Inova EducationAwarded 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