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Direct Award for Debt Recovery Services under Debt Recovery Services Framework Agreement, Framework reference PFB5062 LU, Lot 1 - Debt Recovery (Student Focused)

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · published 2 Apr 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID105748d3-f098-43fe-9832-2c7659b85a3a-889381
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-52979fb8-37c6-4405-addf-c2bfb2aa569b
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/k3Hx4y9N
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£600,000
award field
Tender value
£600,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79940000
Collection agency services
Delivery
North West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

University of Chester has made a direct award to STA International Limited for the provision of the Debt Recovery Services under the LUPC - Debt Recovery Services Framework Agreement, Framework reference PFB5062 LU, Lot 1 - Debt Recovery (Student Focused). This direct award follows our review of the LUPC framework Buyers Guide and the framework's call off procedures. Please note that all values in this award notice have been rounded up to cover the whole of the potential contract period and the contract dates include one potential extension period.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published25 Feb 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published28 Feb 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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