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Illume Student Advisory Services Ltd
Published 21 Apr 2026
21 Apr 2026
- Primary CPV
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79600000 *
Recruitment services
- Location
- 🇬🇧 Kent, South East
- Value
- No value specified
- Contract
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2.8 years Duration
04/05/2026 05/03/2029
- Contract Types
-
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- SME suitable
- Not stated
Publisher Address
The Registry,, Canterbury, CT2 7NZ, United Kingdom · UKJ4
Contact
Award Criteria
Not specified
Related tenders
The University Of Kent
All notices from this publisher Same CPV code
79600000 *
All notices with this CPV code
Reference: 26-019
Illume will provide an in-country representation partner office for Kent, based in Nigeria. They will co-ordinate the recruitment and management of 2 Kent-exclusive staff members based in Lagos and Abuja. Nigeria represents a cornerstone of Kent's international recruitment strategy.
Awarded to
Full CPV breakdown
- 79600000 — Recruitment services (primary)
Notice details
- Buyer type
- Local authority
- Competition
- Direct award (no competition)
- Contract type
- Services
- Winning supplier
- SME
- Procurement method
- Direct award
- Main category
- Services
- Above threshold
- Yes
- Legal basis
- UKPGA 2023/54
- Notice status
- Complete
- Award status
- Pending
- Language
- EN
- Published
- 21 Apr 2026 10:18
- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0686ff
- Notice ID
- 26-019
Organisations on this notice
Supplier SME
#3301-688 Abbott Street, Vancouver, BC V6B089, Canada
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Key dates
- Future Signature Date
- 1 May 2026 · Scheduled
Full notice record
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Organisations
| Party 1 › Name | The University Of Kent |
| Party 1 › Address › Street | The Registry, |
| Party 1 › Address › Town / city | Canterbury |
| Party 1 › Address › Postcode | CT2 7NZ |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | GB |
| Party 1 › Address › Country | United Kingdom |
| Party 1 › Address › Region (NUTS) | UKJ44 |
| Party 1 › Role | buyer |
| Party 1 › Link | http://www.kent.ac.uk/ |
| Party 1 › Classification › Description | Public authority - sub-central government |
| Party 2 › Name | Illume Student Advisory Services |
| Party 2 › Address › Street | #3301-688 Abbott Street |
| Party 2 › Address › Town / city | Vancouver |
| Party 2 › Address › Postcode | BC V6B089 |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | CA |
| Party 2 › Address › Country | Canada |
| Party 2 › Address › Region (NUTS) | CA |
| Party 2 › Role | supplier |
| Party 2 › Business size | sme |
| Party 2 › VCSEs | No |
Buyer
| Name | The University Of Kent |
Tender
| Title | Illume Student Advisory Services Ltd |
| Description | Illume will provide an in-country representation partner office for Kent, based in Nigeria. They will co-ordinate the recruitment and management of 2 Kent-exclusive staff members based in Lagos and Abuja. Nigeria represents a cornerstone of Kent's international recruitment strategy. |
| Status | complete |
| Procedure type | direct |
| Procedure | Direct award |
| Reason for this procedure | Where- (a)the goods, services or works to be supplied under the public contract are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, and (b)as a result the public contract cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure. For the purpose of paragraph 13, urgency is unavoidable if it- (a)is not attributable to any act or omission of the contracting authority, and (b)could not have been foreseen by the contracting authority. |
| Lot › Status | complete |
| Document › Document type | Conflict of interest |
| Document › Description | Not published |
Awards
| Status | pending |
| Value › Value incl. VAT | £328,630 |
| Value › Currency | GBP |
| Category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Supplier › Name | Illume Student Advisory Services |
| Item › CPV › Description | Recruitment services |
| Item › Delivery › Region (NUTS) | UKJ4 |
| Item › Delivery › Country | GB |
| Item › Delivery › Country | United Kingdom |
| Contract period › Start | 4 May 2026 |
| Contract period › End | 5 Mar 2029 |
| Document › Document type | Award notice |
| Document › Description | Transparency notice on Find a Tender |
| Document › Link | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035928-2026 |
| Document › Published | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Milestone › Type | Future signature date |
| Milestone › Due | 1 May 2026 |
| Milestone › Status | scheduled |