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Awarded · ResultStage · award

The University Of Kent

AI platform for use by Staff and Students at The University Of Kent

Business ServicesCPV 48000000
Value£3.3m
Awarded10 Feb 2026
Published10 Feb 2026
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
OPENAI UK LTD
Awarded value£3.3m
Award date10 Feb 2026

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
procurement@kent.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£3.3mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University of Kent has procured an enterprise-grade Generative AI platform to support teaching, learning, research, accessibility, and operational efficiency.

The platform must provide a secure, institutionally governed AI environment; support student learning and staff productivity; reduce institutional risk; and enable scalable, compliant AI use across the university.

Full details are available in the documentation.

Due to the academic timetable, there are limited opportunities in the year to implement with a target date of approximately April 2026.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The University of Kent has procured

The University of Kent has procured an enterprise-grade Generative AI platform to support teaching, learning, research, accessibility, and operational efficiency.

02

The platform must provide a secure, institutionally

The platform must provide a secure, institutionally governed AI environment; support student learning and staff productivity; reduce institutional risk; and enable scalable, compliant AI use across the university.

03

Due to the academic timetable, there are

Due to the academic timetable, there are limited opportunities in the year to implement with a target date of approximately April 2026.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fa54
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
012152-2026
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