Official UK procurement notice
Supply of Non-Medical Helper (NMH) Support for Disabled Students
Authority: Kingston University Higher Education Corporation (Education)
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£800,000≈ £400k / year · £960,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Jun 2025awarded 11 Jul 2025
Awarded to Clear Links Support Ltd
Contract term 2 yrsends 1 Sept 2027 · up to 1 Sept 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupply of Non-Medical Helper (NMH) Support for Disabled Students from 1st September 2025
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Sept 2029, 00:59 BST.
CPV: Adult-education services at university level · E-learning services · Special education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£800,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
- Simple description: Experience of delivering similar services in the higher education sector 15% Capability and service delivery 50% Added Value 10% Cost/Pricing for the core support type required 20% Cost Pricing for all support typed offered 5%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Sept 2029
- First published
- 23 May 2025, 15:11 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Mar 2026, 15:10 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
CPU-23-KU-UK0-881-AS-2025- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-026664- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052395Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
- Submission deadline
- 27 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
23 May 2025 → 10 Mar 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published23 May 2025, 15:11 BST
- Clarification questions by13 Jun 2025, 18:00 BST
- Submission deadline27 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent22 Jul 2025
- Award decision expected by25 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Standstill ends31 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025
- Latest notice published224 days ago10 Mar 2026, 15:10 GMT
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 May 2025- Tender notice published23 May 2025, 15:11 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Jul 2025, 15:03 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Jul 2025, 15:03 BST
- Contract signature expected5 Aug 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Aug 2025, 14:16 BSTUK7
- Contract details notice published10 Mar 2026, 15:10 GMTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 23 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £800,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Aug 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Links Support Ltd1 Sept 2025 – 1 Aug 2027 · up to 1 Aug 2029Extensions: Optional extension up to two years | £800,000 | 11 Jul 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply of Non-Medical Helper (NMH) Support for Disabled Students · Clear Links Support Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Aug 2025
- Value
- £800,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional extension up to two years
- Change Contract end and Extension end dates corrected
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 8 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonClear Links Support LtdSME · South East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Clear Links Support LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender