PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Level 7 Government Operational Research Specialist x 2

Defra Commercial · published 29 Jan 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 ID8a322368-9577-420c-8855-c28186fafb64-881290

Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-dcf4e0bb-6124-4888-b711-e5e8c42e6058

Buyer identifierGB-CFS-279772

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: £28,000
Tender value: Not disclosed
Procurement method: Single tender action (below threshold)
Category: services
CPV: 80000000
Delivery: Not stated

PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Level 7 Government Operational Research Specialist x 2

Tender statuscomplete

STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 Jan 2026
02Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Nov 2025
03Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Dec 2025
04Contract endsContract-period field as published2 Feb 2029

SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

University of Kent

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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