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# Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (NERARS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-recruitment-advertising-and-resourcing-services-nerars-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS): "Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (NERARS)". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £120,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-universities-management-services-sums-coh-02732244)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £120,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Advertising and marketing services, Advertising campaign services, Advertising consultancy services, Advertising management services, Advertising services (+26 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-recruitment-advertising-and-resourcing-services-nerars-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-064e5b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/education-recruitment-advertising-and-resourcing-services-nerars-ocds-h6vhtk-064e5b#tl-md)

## Description
The Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services Framework Agreement supports the public sector with education recruitment advertising and resourcing as well as student recruitment advertising. The current framework is made up of 2 lots as described below; Lot 1 - Education Recruitment Advertising & Resourcing Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing which range from all types of advertising services including recruitment of staff, advertisement creation and production, type setting and copy writing, media buying, art direction, brand management and where required full creative services for new advertising campaigns. Lot 2 - Student Recruitment Marketing Student Recruitment Advertising marketing to attract UK and overseas students and is focussed on media buying and advertisement placement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0000: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0000`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79000000, 79300000, 79310000, 79320000, 79340000, 79341000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2027 to 28/02/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F012604-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-11T17:00:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:02:27.328Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-064e5b