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Published 7 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Management and Delivery of Ulster University Business School (UUBS) HGU Teaching contracts in China

Official notice

Authority: THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery listed: China (CN)
Awarded value£6,836,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to China Intellectual Education Institute

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide suitably qualified and experienced teachers for Ulster University Business School's in-country programmes, cooperate with the Business School to complete high-quality teaching tasks required by domestic partner universities within the Ministry of

Education (MoE) approved Joint-Programmes (currently with DUFE and HGU), improve students' learning experience, provide policy guidance and support for Chinese-foreign co-operation in running Joint-Programmes, and to help identify more development

opportunities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery listed: China (CN)
79600000 Recruitment services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
7 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
Last source update
23 Dec 2025, 10:44 GMT
Authority reference
DAC EXP2444
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085709
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area in notice
China (CN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dd03 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

This Direct Award to a single supplier is justified on the grounds set out under paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 of Procurement Act 2023 where the conditions are met in relation to the public contract.

The Direct Award Contract approach is sector practise, and standard within the sector currently and required to ensure international business is efficient and relationships are maintained in what can be politically complex bi, tri and multi-lateral agreements.

CII have the established relationship with the two universities involved in the joint partnership (DUFE and HGU) and also works with another University to support delivery at DUFE.

Service disruption could lead to student reallocation, reputational damage, and income loss. CII's continued involvement is critical to safeguarding Ulster's position and growth in China.

Therefore, due to the above reasons, a DAC has been chosen as a compliant route to market, as continuity of services is vital.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Nov 2025 → 23 Dec 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends342 days ago
    18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published307 days ago
    23 Dec 2025, 10:44 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Nov 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 15:17 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    7 Nov 2025, 15:26 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    20 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    23 Dec 2025, 10:44 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £6,836,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
China Intellectual Education Institute20 Nov 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2034Extensions: The University may extend the Term beyond the Initial Term by a further period or periods of up to and including 48 months in 12 month optional extensions.£6,836,0007 Nov 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Management and Delivery of Ulster University Business School (UUBS) HGU Teaching contracts in China · China Intellectual Education Institute

    Signed
    15 Dec 2025
    Value
    £6,836,000
    Period
    15 Dec 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 · up to 31 Jul 2034 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    The University may extend the Term beyond the Initial Term by a further period or periods of up to and including 48 months.
    6 agreed KPIs: Recruitment Success · Recruitment Success · Quality of Hire …
    • Recruitment Success, No. of suitably qualified and experienced Recognised University Tutors recruited and approved by Academic Office
    • Recruitment Success, % annual teaching commitments covered by the beginning of the semester
    • Quality of Hire, % satisfaction with the teaching quality and module results
    • Training Effectiveness, % uptake of training and development
    • Communication success, Time taken to collate data from module/ RUT evaluations and disseminate to Ulster University.
    • Communication success, No. of recommendations from Ulster University implemented

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central governmentNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: RC000726 · GB-PPON: PDLT-6268-MWZV Finance Office, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender