Official UK procurement notice
Re-financing · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo extend current contract to 31 August 2026. Current contractor has successfully provided coverage on a number of concurrent workstreams, from leading sensitive commercial discussions on behalf of the University and its key stakeholders, to significant contribution to improvement activities.
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
- 8 Apr 2026, 09:06 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2026, 09:28 BST
- Authority reference
26-015- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-031726- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067d74Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where-
(a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and
(b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published8 Apr 2026, 09:06 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published8 Apr 2026, 09:28 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| J C & E LIMITED21 Apr 2026 – 31 Aug 2026 | £405,000 inc. VAT | 28 Jan 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- J C & E 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