Official UK procurement notice
Contract For International End to End Recruitment Partner
Authority: UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract Publication Notice
Contract For International End to End Recruitment Partner
Requirement
The University of Winchester (UOW) is currently seeking to grow international students from September 2025, with a strategic aim to progressively grow numbers year on year. To date the University has been successful through a small, dedicated team of international staff to
establish a student population of 255 international students.
The University of Winchester has been providing higher education in the UK since 1840. With specialism in teacher training (rated Outstanding by Ofsted), nursing, psychology, business management, accountancy, criminology, law, history, and film production amongst other
subject areas
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£8,000,000
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 (6)
- Profile and Experience: 10%
- End to End Proposal: 30%
- Partnership management: 5%
- Market positioning: 10%
- Internationalisation: 5%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (6)
- Profile and Experience: Organisation credibility and standing
- End to End Proposal
- Partnership management
- Market positioning
- Price
- Internationalisation
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Awarded
- 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
- 20 Mar 2025, 17:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2025, 18:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 May 2025
- Authority reference
25/AG/002- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010532- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f6feFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders should be submitted via:
Timeline
20 Mar 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 17:52 GMT
- Submission deadline15 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent28 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends9 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts19 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published1 Aug 2025, 18:52 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025- Tender notice published20 Mar 2025, 17:52 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Apr 2025, 15:34 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Apr 2025, 15:34 BST
- Contract signature expected28 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published1 Aug 2025, 18:52 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITED2 Jun 2025 – 2 Jun 2027 · up to 2 Jun 2030Extensions: 2 year contract with an option to extend for a further 2 years + 1 year | £8,000,000 inc. VAT | 28 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract For International End to End Recruitment Partner · OXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITED
- Signed
- 18 Jun 2025
- Value
- £8,000,000 inc. VAT
- Period
- 18 Jun 2025 – 2 Jun 2027 · up to 2 Jun 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 Year Contract with an option to extend for a further 2 Years + 1 Year.
3 agreed KPIs: SLA for enquiries and application processing of 3 days met · Visa refusals within BCA thresholds · Student recruitment numbers increased from previous year and/or as agreed by both partners
- SLA for enquiries and application processing of 3 days met
- Visa refusals within BCA thresholds
- Student recruitment numbers increased from previous year and/or as agreed by both partners
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonOXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITED · South East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- OXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender