Official UK procurement notice
English, Maths and Science Learning Platform for Further Education
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Awarded value£68,850published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 28 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Century-Tech Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionECC's subscription to Century Tech Smart Initial Assessment and resources platform.
Through its use of artificial intelligence, the platform personalizes learning journeys for individual users by selecting the topics they most need to learn, and presenting learning material in the form they will find most useful. CENTURY also reduces educators' workloads through automated marking, data analysis and gap finding, and due to its pre-loaded bank of learning resources.
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
- 10 Sept 2025, 09:47 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Sept 2025, 09:47 BST
- Authority reference
D030PA- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-055236- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059738Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published10 Sept 2025, 09:47 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £68,8501 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Century-Tech Ltd | £68,850 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
English, Maths and Science Learning Platform for Further Education · Century-Tech Ltd
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2025
- Value
- £68,850 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 Mar 2026 – 28 Feb 2029
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Century-Tech LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender