Official UK procurement notice
Marketing and Student Recruitment Services in United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Authority: Swansea University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwansea University is seeking a company with the ability to support and deliver marketing and student recruitment activity in the Gulf region and to explore new markets across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) on our behalf. The aim of this is to support the University’s strategy across the Gulf region of increasing undergraduate and postgraduate student market share and to grow student enrolments. We will require one member of staff who will be exclusively dedicated to Swansea University activity, and the company should have the capacity to increase this number if required. We require the staff member to be at manager level, with at least five years experience in a similar role within higher education in the Gulf or a similar market in the region. They will lead on marketing and recruitment activity and will have sales driven approach to help improve conversion of students to enrolments; they will have knowledge of UK higher education, and will be a confident communicator.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Direct marketing services · Recruitment services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 (4)
- Understanding: 20%
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Team Composition and Skills: 30%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
- Understanding: 20%
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Team Composition and Skills: 30%
- Price: 20%
- 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 10 Jul 2023, 16:38 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
SU200(23)- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030845- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e05bFind a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:144835)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bids opened
- 9 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
Timeline
9 Aug 2023 → 26 Sept 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline9 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened9 Aug 2023, 14:00 BST
- Notice published26 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Sept 2024, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grok Global Services | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030845-2024-SU200(23)-1 · Grok Global Services
- Signed
- 23 May 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea University is seeking a company with the ability to support and deliver… | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | £512,227 – £513,968 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £512,227 – £513,968 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Grok Global ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria