Lot 1
No lot description published.
This project covers the Marshall Scholarship Programme which is the UK's flagship US-UK scholarships programme and the Chevening Programme which provides individuals who show the potential to inspire, inform, and influence positive change, with an opportunity to study at a UK university and gain a UK educational qualification. We are procuring for a provider to deliver these Scholarships. Likely administration contract requirements include; Programme Delivery Marketing and Communications Alumni Engagement Partnerships Finance Monitoring and Evaluation
UK, GB
No lot description published.
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Administrative educational services, Marketing services, Administrative services for business operations | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Administrative services for business operations (75112000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 75 | 2,722 | 3 median · 35.4 average (950 of 2,722 with a bid count) | 3.3 average (1,149 of 2,722 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Same buyer | 29 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UK | 875 | 3 median · 64 average (284 of 875 with a bid count) | 5.5 average (383 of 875 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
| Milestone | Type | Due | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-05245a |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 043334-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Tue May 12 2026 09:06:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | planned |
| Procurement method | Not published |
| Procurement method details | Not published |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £0 |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 1 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2026 | planningUpdate | 043334-2026 |
| 11 May 2026 | planningUpdate | 043067-2026 |
| 17 Feb 2026 | planningUpdate | 014138-2026 |
| 2 Feb 2026 | planning | 009058-2026 |
| 23 May 2025 | planning | 026907-2025 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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