The Public Procurement Act 2023 received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023. This Act will come into effect in October 2024, with a 12 month … Read more
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Single Supplier Waiver Guidance
Procurement are seeing a number of SSW’s attached to PO’s in UBW but they are unsigned. For clarity, the process for Single Supplier Waivers should … Read more
New and Updated Procurement Documentation
The Procurement Team have updated a number of key documents for the new Financial Year, and these replace any and all previous versions. These changes … Read more
Conference Bookings and Key Travel
If you are planning on attending conferences in future, and are offered discounted or special rate conference accommodation arranged by the organiser, please note that … Read more
Purchasing Card Update and Reminder
All users/holders of Procurement Cards are reminded that you must follow the Procurement Card procedures. This includes signing and approving your monthly statements and transactions, … Read more
An Update On Travel and Hospitality
As we near the end of a very challenging Financial Year, it is important that we keep our outgoings to a minimum. As previously stated, … Read more
An Update on Non Pay Activity
In the current, challenging circumstances, the University is taking a number of steps to reduce non pay activity and minimise the impacts of the current … Read more
Contract amnesty
Following on from an internal audit of procurement activity at the University of Kent (UoK), a recommendation was made to have all contracts at UoK … Read more
A Reminder about Procurement Cards
A Reminder about Procurement Cards If you have a Procurement Card, you are required to review and approve all transactions. Transactions can be reviewed 2 … Read more
External Resource Appointments: Update
6th December 2022 Following on from the communication regarding a new approach to managing vacancies at Kent, Finance have introduced an approval step for the appointment … Read more