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# Kent International College

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/kent-international-college-ocds-h6vhtk-03b507). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Kent: "Kent International College". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Kent](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-kent-urn-133807)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Higher education services, Operation of an educational centre, Training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b507`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/kent-international-college-ocds-h6vhtk-03b507#tl-md)

## Description
The University intends to enter into a joint venture with Oxford International Education and Travel Limited (OIEG) to establish an embedded international college. The parties will jointly own/operate the college to deliver courses to international students, who will then have the opportunity to apply for courses at the University/alternative higher education institutions. OIEG will recruit students, administer admissions and provide teaching services. The University shall maintain overall control of the admission decisions/entry requirements and will apply to the UK visas and immigration department to add the college to its student sponsor's licence. OIEG shall incorporate a new company, Kent International College Limited (UIC) through which the college will be operated (with shareholdings as follows: OIEG 99%; and University 1%) and the management and control delegated to the University and OIEG. The JV will operate for a period of 10 years in addition to agreed extensions.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 80300000, 80490000, 80500000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The key provisions of the agreement include (effective on the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent):
- OIEG shall fund UIC set-up costs and retains responsibility for its financing until it is financed from its own cash flow, including coveri...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008313-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **OXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181941`
  - Value: £1 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008313-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1
  - Signed Date: 21/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008313-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-22T12:04:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:11:38.714Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b507