QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards
Group company·Companies House: Private Limited Company·London·Greater London·Main market: Higher education services
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Where they wini
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8 awards (8 for a named lot, 100%, 0 for a whole procedure with no lot named) · top CPV classes, shares of all 8 awards. An award may cover more than one class.
7941 Business and management consultancy services2 awards · 25% · awards naming a lot8030 Higher education services2 awards · 25% · awards naming a lot7512 Administrative services of agencies1 award · 13% · awards naming a lot7934 Advertising and marketing services1 award · 13% · awards naming a lot7940 Business and management consultancy and related services1 award · 13% · awards naming a lot7960 Recruitment services1 award · 13% · awards naming a lotAttributable award value
£3.4mOn 6 of 8 award records; the five largest make 96%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£612k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.i
Typical attributable award
£423k middle valuerobust · n=6i
Award vs estimate
0% at estimatemoderate · n=3compared within all comparable winsi
Based on 3 wins across all categories. Small sample.
Largest published awards i | Authority | Awarded | Term | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University | University of Keele | — | — | £1,374,890 † |
| International Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion | University of Exeter | 13 Aug 2025 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £875,000 ≈ £292k/yr |
| Third Party Admissions System | University Of Edinburgh | — | — | £600,000 † |
| Award for In- Country Presence in South Asia ( excluding Pakistan) | Glasgow Caledonian University | — | — | £246,648 † |
| International Student Recruitment | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | — | — | £200,000 † |
Where their buyers arei
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ITL1 region of the buyer office · known for 11 of 11 awarded procedures · each procedure counts once
West Midlands3 procedures · 27%
East of England2 procedures · 18%
South West England2 procedures · 18%
Scotland2 procedures · 18%
North West England1 procedure · 9%
South East England1 procedure · 9%
Who they sell toi
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Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · a framework or DPS adds one award record per appointed supplier
Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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Education100%(8 awards)
8 of 8 awards are Education (100%).
| Authority | Procedures | Share | Award records | Last activity |
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| University of Keele | 2 | 18.2% | 2 | 17 Sept 2025 |
| University of Exeter | 2 | 18.2% | 2 | 13 Aug 2025 |
| University of East Anglia | 2 | 18.2% | 2 | 26 Feb 2026 |
| University Of Edinburgh | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Glasgow Caledonian University | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 19 Sept 2025 |
| Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 4 Sept 2024 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 4 Sept 2024 |
| Royal Holloway and Bedford New College | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 8 Oct 2024 |
Share = of the 11 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.
Contracts endingi
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10 of 11 awards carry an end date, 3 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Ends | Published value |
|---|---|---|
| QS Consultancy and QS Stars | 23 Mar 2027 | £231,630 |
| QS Analytics, Academic Reputation Data Tracker | 1 Jul 2027 | Not published |
| International Student Recruitment | 20 Aug 2027 estimated | £200,000 |
| Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University - AWARD | 30 Sept 2027 | £1,374,890 |
| Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University | 30 Sept 2027 | £1,374,890 |
| Third Party Admissions System | 24 Nov 2027 estimated | £600,000 |
Recent awards
Latest 8 of 8 award records naming this supplier
Contracts Finder adds 3 more procedures won by this supplier, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list.
| Award / procedure | Authority | Awarded | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultancy services on HE ranking | University of East Anglia | 26 Feb 2026 | £231,630 |
| International Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion | University of Exeter | 13 Aug 2025 | £875,000 |
| Consultancy engagement with QS Consulting | THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM | Not published | £120,000 † from the contract notice |
| Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University | University of Keele | Not published | £1,374,890 † from the contract notice |
| Award for In- Country Presence in South Asia ( excluding Pakistan) | Glasgow Caledonian University | Not published | £246,648 † from the contract notice |
| Professional License | University of Exeter | Not published | Not published |
| Third Party Admissions System | University Of Edinburgh | Not published | £600,000 † from the contract notice |
| International Student Recruitment | Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | Not published | £200,000 † from the contract notice |
About this data
- One profile per supplier. Built from award and contract notices that name this supplier; different spellings and registration numbers of the same company are merged into this profile.
- Values are published values. The table mirrors what the notice published: framework ceilings and joint awards are labelled and never counted as this supplier's money, and † marks a value taken from the contract notice when the award published none. Only awards made to this supplier alone count towards its value, excluding VAT. It is not turnover.
- Regions in the buyer chart describe the buyer office, not where the work is delivered or the supplier’s registered address.
- Contract end dates. Published on 7 of 11 awards, estimated from the published duration on 3 more (marked “estimated”); those feed “Contracts ending”. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.