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Education Jobs Board and Applicant Tracking System

Buyer: Kent County Council (t/a HR Connect) →

BuyerKent County Council (t/a HR Connect)
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published27 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Procurement of vendor to supply and maintain an education jobs boards and applicant tracking system

Delivery location

UK

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000

Lot details

Lot 1

Procurement of supplier to build and maintain a jobs portal and applicant tracking system for the education market

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Service Delivery — 60
Pricing — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Not publishedNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 483,1511 median · 5.9 average (1,032 of 3,151 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,157 of 3,151 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer11 median · 1 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK8241 median · 8.7 average (238 of 824 with a bid count)2.3 average (276 of 824 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleAwarded in line with call off procedure of Y23065 Software Products and Associated Services framework.
Rationale classificationsThe procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Education Jobs Board and Applicant Tracking System

Statusactive
SupplierSoftcat PLC

Contracts

Education Jobs Board and Applicant Tracking System

Statusactive
Value£1,087,506

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065e5d
Latest release ID017944-2026
Latest release timestampFri Feb 27 2026 13:53:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Feb 2026award, contract017944-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
27 Feb 2026 · 017944-2026 · award, contract
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