China Marketing Campaign · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Kent (Education)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South East (UKJ4)

Awarded value£30,000published award · inc. VAT

Awarded 8 Oct 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Grok Global Services Inc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is to continue working with Grok Global in order to deliver a marketing campaign to target audiences in China with the aim of increasing recruitment from China in 2026.

£30,000

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South East

79342000 Marketing services

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: 8 Oct 2025, 14:51 BST
Last source update: 8 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-063368
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05aac0 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Oct 2025

Transparency notice published
8 Oct 2025, 14:51 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
8 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value (inc. VAT) £30,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Grok Global Services Inc20 Oct 2025 – 20 Mar 2026	£30,000 inc. VAT	8 Oct 2025	Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The University Of Kent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYN-9654-JPQJ · GB-UKPRN: 10007150 The Registry,, Canterbury, South East, CT2 7NZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Grok Global Services IncAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PCBH-1337-WDXX 535 Dean St, Brooklyn, New York, US, 11217, USContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender8 Oct 2025, 15:00 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender8 Oct 2025, 14:51 BST