Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Redhill Academy Trust · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Arbor Education Partners Limited
- Value
- £429,308.90
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Software package and information systems (CPV 48000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 052370-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2025
- Published3 Jun 2026Published 238 days after the contract date
Description
This is a Direct Award under the Kent County Council trading as Procurement Services Framework Y25012
About the supplier
Arbor Education Partners Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07790198).