Official UK procurement notice
Graduation Celebrations · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)
Awarded value£50,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to WESTGATE COMMUNITY TRUST (CANTERBURY) LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of services for Celebrations for Students and parents during the course of Congregations. Food, Drink, Equipment and Venue Hire for 3 celebraties per day for the week of Congregations at Canterbury. Numbers of people that turn up are not always known ; deposit paid in advance, and then final bill received after events have taken place. this cost is based on total cost, inclusive of food, drink, venue hire and deposit from last year.
Estimated cost - £50,000
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure 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
- 17 Apr 2025, 15:13 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Apr 2025, 15:56 BST
- Authority reference
25-012- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016020- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050506Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published17 Apr 2025, 15:13 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Apr 2025, 15:56 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £50,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTGATE COMMUNITY TRUST (CANTERBURY) LTD1 May 2025 – 30 Apr 2026 | £50,000 | 17 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- WESTGATE COMMUNITY TRUST (CANTERBURY) LTDAwarded 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