AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Kent County Council (t/a Procurement Services) published contract details for a five-year supply of multi-functional devices and digital solutions. The published contract names Sharp Business UK PLC as supplier and records a gross contract value of £31,490.
Published outcomeA single active award (award 1) is linked to a single active contract. The contract was signed on 30 September 2026 and is scheduled to run from 21 November 2026 to 20 November 2031.
Market significanceThis is a below-threshold call-off under a framework for photocopiers, printers and plotters. Its published gross value is £31,490.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
Sharp Business UK PLC
97% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 31,490 GBP · Named supplier on active award and active contract
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Award 1 names Sharp Business UK PLC as its sole supplier; contract 1 is linked to award 1 and has a gross value of GBP 31,490.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract details notice on Find a Tender
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The process and contract document are labelled “Contract details notice on Find a Tender”.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
98% confidenceActive
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Contract 1 has status “active”.
Contract signature
99% confidenceSigned on 30 September 2026
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Contract 1 records dateSigned as 2026-09-30.
Contract commencement
99% confidenceScheduled for 21 November 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-11-21.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
99% confidence£31,490 gross
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Contract 1 value is amountGross 31490, currency GBP.
Lot value
99% confidenceUnknown
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No value is published for lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-30.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence9 October 2026
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The notice document datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-09.
Contract start
99% confidence21 November 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-11-21.
Contract end
99% confidence20 November 2031
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2031-11-20.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceMulti Functional Devices & Digital Solutions (reference Y26009)
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The published process title is “Multi Functional Devices & Digital Solutions” and description is “Y26009 Multi Functional Devices & Digital Solutions”.
Main procurement category
98% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 states mainProcurementCategory as goods.
Goods classifications
99% confidencePhotocopiers; printers and plotters
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Award item 1 lists CPV 30121100 Photocopiers and CPV 30232100 Printers and plotters.
Lot
99% confidenceLot 1; no published title or description
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Award 1 and its item are linked to lot 1; the lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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The tender record states procurementMethod “selective”.
Route to market
99% confidenceBelow-threshold award under framework
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The tender record states procurementMethodDetails “Below threshold - award under framework”.
Framework reference
98% confidenceocds-h6vhtk-066388
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The related process is identified as a framework with identifier ocds-h6vhtk-066388.
Competition information
97% confidenceThe notice marks the procurement as non-competitive; bidder count and evaluation information are not published.
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Tender competitive is false. No bid count, scoring or evaluation detail is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Term
99% confidence21 November 2026 to 20 November 2031
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Contract 1 period runs from 2026-11-21 to 2031-11-20.
Published duration
99% confidenceFive years
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The stated start and end dates span five years.
Extension options
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or option terms are supplied in the published record.
Pricing detail
98% confidenceOnly a gross total contract value is published.
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Contract 1 provides amountGross and currency, with no rate card, unit prices or VAT breakdown.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
99% confidenceOne supplier, one award and one linked contract are published.
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Award 1 names one supplier and contract 1 is linked to award 1.
Value attribution
96% confidenceThe £31,490 gross value is reported at contract level and is associated with the sole supplier through the single linked award.
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Contract 1 is linked only to award 1, which names Sharp Business UK PLC as sole supplier.
Framework call-off
99% confidenceThe procurement was awarded under an identified framework rather than advertised as an open standalone competition.
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The procurement method detail says “Below threshold - award under framework” and a framework-related process is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity
99% confidenceThe supplier name is the published source name; no verified legal company name or company number is supplied.
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verified_company_name and verified_company_number are null; supplier identity status is not_applicable.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or value.
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The lot record contains only its identifier and status.
Award date
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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Award 1 has no award_date.
Competition and evaluation
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice beyond the non-competitive flag.
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No bidder count, tender prices, scores or award rationale is provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- No award decision date is published.
- No lot title, lot description or individual lot value is published.
- No bid count, bidder list, evaluation criteria, scores, rationale or savings information is published.
- No extension, renewal or option terms are published.
- No detailed pricing, VAT breakdown or service-level terms are published.
- The supplier name has no supplied Companies House verification result; it is reported as the published source name.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Kent County CouncilSharp Business UK PLCmulti-functional devicesdigital solutionsphotocopiersprintersframework award
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the contract?
Sharp Business UK PLC is named as the sole supplier on award 1.
What is the contract value?
The published gross contract value is £31,490.
When does the contract run?
It is scheduled to run from 21 November 2026 to 20 November 2031.
Was this a competitive tender?
The record identifies a selective, below-threshold award under a framework and marks the procurement as non-competitive. Bidder and evaluation details are not published.
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