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Published 6 Nov 2026, 10:09 GMT

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PURCON 5182 - Dentist curriculum and services

Official notice

Authority: University of East Anglia (Education)

Direct awardLight touch regimeSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH15)
Awarded value£1,700,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 6 Nov 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to University of Liverpool
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

Dentist curriculum and services to support implementation of new dentist school. Direct Award to Single supplier - technical reasons. (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Dentist curriculum and services to support implementation of new dentist school

Direct Award to Single supplier - technical reasons

Direct award under justification 6:

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Contact was made with comparable Universities to identify capability and interest in the requirement. Only one response was returned with both capability and interest, therefore a full competitive process was not suitable based on the absence of competition and no reasonable alternatives.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible
80430000 Adult-education services at university level

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £1,700,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Liverpool20 Nov 2026 – 31 Jul 2031 · up to 31 Jul 2032Extensions: Up to 12 month optional extension for support services£1,700,0006 Nov 2026standstill to 17 Nov 2026Standstill

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
Light touch regime
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
6 Nov 2026, 10:09 GMT
Last source update
6 Nov 2026, 10:25 GMT
Authority reference
PURCON 5182
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105561
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b615 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Direct award under justification 6:

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-

(a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and

(b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Contact was made with comparable Universities to identify capability and interest in the requirement. Only one response was returned with both capability and interest, therefore a full competitive process was not suitable based on the absence of competition and no reasonable alternatives.

Review and risk notes
Risks

Known risk that recruitment of staff to take on the support services is essential to the ongoing delivery of the course and will be required before this contract ends. If recruitment is not successful, the contract may need extending until sufficient internal resource is recruited.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

6 Nov 2026 → 17 Nov 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published8 days ago
    6 Nov 2026, 10:25 GMT
  2. Today
    15 Nov 2026
  3. Standstill endsin 2 days
    17 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 10:09 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    6 Nov 2026, 10:25 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    19 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000651 · GB-PPON: PCCY-8551-ZNDY Norwich Research Park, Norwich, East of England, NR4 7TJContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOLAwarded supplierGB-COH: RC000660GB-PPON: PYNH-9859-XVMD Foundation Building, 765 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, North West, L69 7ZXContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender