Official UK procurement notice
24 052 International Student Recruitment Marketing and Conversion
Authority: London South Bank University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLondon South Bank University (LSBU) is looking to appoint a single end-to-end service provider with a proactive, professional and highly compliant approach to international student recruitment, to drive growth across all stages of the recruitment funnel. The provider will be responsible for delivering high-impact in-country activity, including awareness raising, demand generation, conversion activities and agent/market engagements. The provider will drive conversion all stages of the journey through personalised and targeted interventions, enquiry management, as well as providing expert in-country representatives, admissions, and marketing support between initial enquiry to successful enrolment. The appointed supplier must be agile and bold - capable of rapidly scaling and responding to opportunities in market with strong physical presence to support LSBU's institutional strategy.
CPV: Marketing services · Recruitment services · Services specific to international organisations and bodies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
- Technical & professional ability
In-country presence
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Commercial: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial: 20% out of 100%
- Quality: 80% out of 100%
- Technical & professional ability
In-country presence
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
24-052- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056358- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-055416Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 24 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 3 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
26 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published26 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Next notice expected15 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published134 days ago15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Clarification questions by116 days ago3 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline95 days ago24 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Award decision expected by45 days ago11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts26 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
6 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Jun 2025- Planned procurement notice published26 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK3
- Tender notice published15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £3,000,00015 Jun 2026, 17:26 BSTwas £4,000,000
- Status changed to active15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
- Deadline moved to 24 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST+317 days · was 10 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Buyer details updated15 Jun 2026, 17:26 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender