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Published 20 Aug 2025, 11:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SPSS Software Renewal (now APAD Solutions)

Official notice

Authority: University of Kent (Education)

Below threshold - without competition
Awarded value£35,070published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Version 1 Solutions Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

SPSS, which stands for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, is a software suite used for statistical analysis, data management, and data mining. It's widely used in various fields, including social sciences, market research, and healthcare, for analysing quantitative data. This software are being used by School of Psychology. Version1 is the sole supplier of this software in the UK (as confirmed the IBM company). It came to the University's attention that there is a business arrangement between IBM and the business partner which makes SPSS product will no longer be referenced directly on correspondence but will instead be identified as part of the wider APAD solution. The University is looking to renew the current SPSS Statistics Premium (now APAD Gold Maximum) and Amos (now APAD Titanium)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
20 Aug 2025, 11:25 BST
Last source update
20 Aug 2025, 11:27 BST
Authority reference
25-029
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050097
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058b1d Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 11:25 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    20 Aug 2025, 11:27 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £35,0701 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Version 1 Solutions Limited20 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028£35,07020 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The University Of Kent

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDYN-9654-JPQJ · GB-UKPRN: 10007150 The Registry,, Canterbury, South East, CT2 7NZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03438874GB-PPON: PXVJ-5323-ZYVM Suite 3d&E, Third Floor, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5DBContact 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