Official UK procurement notice
Illume Student Advisory Services Ltd
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIllume will provide an in-country representation partner office for Kent, based in Nigeria. They will co-ordinate the recruitment and management of 2 Kent-exclusive staff members based in Lagos and Abuja. Nigeria represents a cornerstone of Kent's international recruitment strategy.
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
- 21 Apr 2026, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Apr 2026, 10:49 BST
- Authority reference
26-019- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035959- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0686ffFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
Where-
(a)the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and
(b)as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.
For the purpose of paragraph 13, urgency is unavoidable if it-
(a)is not attributable to any act or omission of the contracting authority, and
(b)could not have been foreseen by the contracting authority.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Apr 2026- Transparency notice published21 Apr 2026, 10:18 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published21 Apr 2026, 10:49 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illume Student Advisory Services4 May 2026 – 5 Mar 2029 | £328,630 inc. VAT | 24 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Illume Student Advisory ServicesAwarded 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