Official UK procurement notice
Digital On Demand Certificates
Authority: Canterbury Christ Church University (Education)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£100,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Advanced Secure Technologies Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA system that allows access by students, and third parties, to see and order their HE certificates (and other paperwork) via a log in. Allowing the right certificate going to the right student at the right address. Also giving access to would be employers, this anti-fraud solution is a recognised way to ensure people are who they say they are.
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
- Light touch regime
- 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
- 29 Aug 2025, 09:38 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Aug 2025, 09:38 BST
- Authority reference
Digital On Demand Certificates- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052277- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058ffaFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published29 Aug 2025, 09:38 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Secure Technologies LtdSME | £100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Digital On Demand Certificates · Advanced Secure Technologies LtdSME
- Signed
- 27 Jun 2025
- Value
- £100,000
- Period
- 27 Jun 2025 – 26 Jun 2028 · up to 26 Jun 2032 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Rolling annually
- Options
- Potential to add more than certificates and introduce other documents
3 agreed KPIs: Support · Report · Communications
- Support
- Report
- Communications
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ADVANCED SECURE TECHNOLOGIES LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender