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Published 10 Oct 2025, 18:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NT1542 -24 052 International Student Recruitment Marketing and Conversion

Official notice

Authority: London South Bank University (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery listed: Bangladesh (BD)India (IN)Morocco (MA)
+3 moreNigeria (NG)Nepal (NP)Pakistan (PK)
Awarded value£1,680,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill 1 Oct 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to QS Enrolment Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Marketing, recruitment and conversion of international students for one year in contract locations:

IN - India

PK - Pakistan

BD - Bangladesh

NP - Nepal

MA - Morocco

NG - Nigeria

Estimated contract value £1,400,000.00 (Commission based)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery listed: Bangladesh (BD), India (IN), Morocco (MA), Nigeria (NG), Nepal (NP), Pakistan (PK)

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
10 Oct 2025, 18:29 BST
Last source update
10 Oct 2025, 18:42 BST
Authority reference
NT1542 -24 052 International Student Recruitment Marketing and Conversion
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064395
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area in notice
Bangladesh (BD)India (IN)Morocco (MA)Nigeria (NG)Nepal (NP)Pakistan (PK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ad47 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

LSBU published PPN -identifier: 2025/S 000-035377 for the tendering of International Student marketing and recruitment in June 2025. This was put on hold as a new Vice Chancellor was recruited and it has become evident that the intended scope of the tender being worked to by LSBU is no longer fully in line with the emerging future strategy of LSBU.

Publishing of the tender is therefore being delayed in line with wider consideration of proposed growth trajectories and the operating models required to deliver them. A revised tender will be released on completion of this research.

To avoid disproportionate technical difficulties and failure of existing workflows LSBU will continue with its current operating model for a further one year. LSBU owns elements of intellectual property with the provider of the current model in relation to its systems development as well as business continuity planning.

This will allow for the subsequent award to the successful bidder to include a clear period of transition and handover in 2026.

A one year contract will be awarded to QS Enrolment Solutions Ltd.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Oct 2025 → 21 Oct 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published383 days ago
    10 Oct 2025, 18:42 BST
  2. Standstill ends372 days ago
    21 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 18:29 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    10 Oct 2025, 18:42 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    22 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,680,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QS Enrolment Solutions LtdNT1542 - International Student Recruitment Marketing and Conversion22 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2026£1,680,000 inc. VAT1 Oct 2025standstill to 21 Oct 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 00986761 · GB-PPON: PJMT-5564-YWMT 103 Borough Road, London, London, SE1 0AAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • QS ENROLMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00640846GB-PPON: PYPJ-3855-WBBQ 1 Tranley Mews, London, London, NW3 2DGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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