Official UK procurement notice
Project: HESA Data Futures
Authority: University of Kent (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of an experienced KentVision developer to provide temporary backfill within the Kent Vision Development team. This resource will undertake BAU development and support activities, enabling existing specialist KentVision development resource with knowledge of the HESA Student Record Return solution to be redeployed to deliver project-critical development required for the 2026 HESA Student Record Return. This requirement supports delivery of an approved business case.
The objective is to maintain delivery across both the HESA Student Record Return project and the wider KentVision development portfolio. Expected outputs include:
- Provision of development capacity within the KentVision Development team.
- Release of internal specialist developers to focus on HESA delivery.
- Continued delivery of BAU and change requests without unacceptable degradation of service.
- Reduction of delivery risk to both the HESA programme and wider university initiatives.
The engagement is expected to commence as soon as procurement and onboarding are complete and continue for approximately 3 months, in line with the approved business case assumptions. The engagement is expected to be full-time (or equivalent agreed capacity) during this period.
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
- 14 Jul 2026, 11:47 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2026, 12:03 BST
- Authority reference
26-036- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066111- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ca99Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published14 Jul 2026, 11:47 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published14 Jul 2026, 12:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected19 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SThree Partnership LLP20 Jul 2026 – 6 Oct 2026 | £52,862 inc. VAT | 8 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- STHREE PARTNERSHIP LLPAwarded 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