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University of Kent: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Companies House: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)Companies House: Royal Charter CompanyDfE school register: Higher education institutionsEducationSouth East EnglandCanterbury, KentRan 1 procurement for other authorities

Official UK PPONPDYN-9654-JPQJCompanies House00986729 ↗Websitekent.ac.uk ↗

Open now2next deadline 20 Nov 2026
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Notices, last 12 months97+80% vs prior 12 months (54)
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Typical bids per lot1.550% single-bid · median of 16 lots
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Based on 16 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share7%of 183 awarded procedures · 172 suppliers
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183 awarded tenders, 172 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months92 within 6 months
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Published award value, 24m£19mnet · on 56 of 60 published values · 4 repeated amounts set aside · top 5 = 57%
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Open notices

2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

NoticeDeadlineDays leftPublished value
High-Speed Spectrometer System20 Nov 20265d£115,833
Mandatory Training for students enrolled on Healthcare programmes Framework AgreementFramework2 lots8 Dec 202623d£2,800,000

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

45 Construction work15 procedures · 10%
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 4%
48 Software package and information systems4 procedures · 3%
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 3%
80 Education and training services3 procedures · 2% · 1 open
60 Transport services (except waste transport)3 procedures · 2%
66 Financial and insurance services3 procedures · 2%
38 Laboratory, optical and precision2 procedures · 1% · 1 open

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 151 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract97%(147 notices)
    147 of 151 notices are Contract (97%).
  • Framework3%(4 notices)
    4 of 151 notices are Framework (3%).
Procedure route
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  • Direct award69%(104 notices)
    104 of 151 notices are Direct award (69%).
  • Open21%(32 notices)
    32 of 151 notices are Open (21%).
  • Limited / restricted5%(7 notices)
    7 of 151 notices are Limited / restricted (5%).
  • Route not published5%(7 notices)
    7 of 151 notices are Route not published (5%).
  • Selective1%(1 notice)
    1 of 151 notices is Selective (1%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 16 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

1.5robust · n=1650% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 16 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

29 daysrobust · n=16
Notice amendments
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Based on 149 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

025 of 149 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 9 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

7.5% below estimaterobust · n=9

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
MILLS AND REEVE42.2%4421 May 2026
Stonepoint Limited42.2%2422 May 2026
Surefix Construction company (Kent) Ltd42.2%144 Jun 2026
ERNST & YOUNG LLP31.6%3310 Sept 2026
Hybrid News Limited31.6%338 Jul 2026
Zeelo Ltdframework/DPS on 131.6%2510 Nov 2025
Chalkwell Coach Hireframework/DPS on 121.1%2410 Nov 2025
Bayliss Executive Travel Limitedframework/DPS on 121.1%2310 Nov 2025

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 183 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 172 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£19mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 56 of 60 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 57%; a further 73 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£117k middle valuerobust · n=56Middle half £52k–£229k; 4 awards with ambiguous equal values within a procedure excluded from both figures.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Improvements to the Agent Management and Admissions SystemStive Technologies Limited—4 yrs · up to 6 yrs£4,000,000
≈ £1.0m/yr
AI platform for use by Staff and Students at The University Of KentOPENAI UK LTD10 Feb 20262.2 yrs · up to 5.2 yrs£3,257,010
≈ £1.5m/yr
Engagement and Marketing ActivitiesHybrid News Limited28 May 202611 mo£1,500,000
Audio Visual: System Design/Consultancy, Supplies, Installation and MaintenanceRoche Audio Visual——£979,636 †
Database and Integration SoftwareBoomi Corporation Limited21 Oct 20265 yrs · up to 7 yrs£776,514
≈ £155k/yr

Contracts ending
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73 of 89 contracts carry an end date, 1 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
Temporary Agency StaffMorgan Jones Ltd30 Apr 2027£1,481,394
Temporary Agency StaffMorgan Jones Ltd30 Apr 2027£1,481,394
Maintenance of Air Conditioning & ChillersAMD FM31 Jul 2027£101,520
Graduation Videography ServicesREDSHARK LIMITED31 Jul 2027£59,322
High Speed Camera SystemSPECIALISED IMAGING LIMITED23 Aug 2027£222,415
Removal & Relocation ServicesKelerbay Limited t/a Doree Bonner International26 Oct 2027£150,000
Worktribe Pre-award and Reporting modulesWorktribe1 Nov 2027£77,903
External Audit ServicesGrant Thornton UK LLP30 Nov 2027£765,000
Employee Assistance ProgrammePluxee UK Ltd26 Jan 2028£79,000

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 171 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
High Speed Camera SystemCamerasAwarded / complete20 Aug 2026£272,500
Confocal Microscope Service ContractAwarded / complete19 Aug 2026—
Care-full SynthesisAwarded / complete13 Aug 2026—
Set up of Project SusPackAwarded / complete7 Aug 2026—
KBS Strategic Support - Degree Apprenticeship DirectorAwarded / complete31 Jul 2026—
Digital Certificates Annual Licence RenewalAwarded / complete29 Jul 2026—
Mobile Phone ProvisionMobile-telephone servicesAwarded / complete29 Jul 2026—
Fire Risk Actions WorksFire-prevention installation worksAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£400,000
Ingram Conversion of Office into Laboratory WorksLaboratory building construction workAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£150,000
Keynes College Psychology Laboratory Improvement WorksLaboratory building construction workAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£120,000
Installation of Hostile Vehicle Mitigation Bollards - University PlazaErection of road-barriersAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£100,000
Lift Modernisation - Block D Templeman LibraryLift installation workAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£630,000
Accommodation Kitchen Refurbishments - Darwin CollegeInstallation of fitted kitchensAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£620,000
Replacement Windows Rutherford ExtensionInstallation of windowsAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£150,000
Replacement Roof Covering - Block L - Keynes CollegeRoof repair and maintenance workAwarded / complete28 Jul 2026£125,000
Grok Global Services In-country office MalaysiaAwarded / complete27 Jul 2026—
Peel Role PlayAwarded / complete21 Jul 2026—
Gym EquipmentGymnasium equipmentAwarded / complete15 Jul 2026—
IDP ConnectAwarded / complete14 Jul 2026—
Supply of Books and e-BooksLibrary booksAwarded / complete14 Jul 2026—

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Contracts Finder adds 75 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 73 of 89 published contracts have an end date; 1 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.