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# (NU/1589 – 69) HE Competitor Tracking and Insight

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1589-69-he-competitor-tracking-and-insight-ocds-h6vhtk-036672). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1589 – 69) HE Competitor Tracking and Insight". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Marketing management consultancy services, Marketing services, Programming services of packaged software products, Sales or marketing software development services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-036672`

## 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/nu-1589-69-he-competitor-tracking-and-insight-ocds-h6vhtk-036672#tl-md)

## Description
We are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide real-time intelligence, across the digital landscape, on a set of competitors as defined by Newcastle University. This will help us to be more responsive to sector activity and through automation, will enable us to focus on action rather than monitoring.
The supplier is required to provide the following services and experience:
1)	Automated monitoring of 10 selected HEI competitors that will track and monitor social media changes across their entire digital landscape, providing real-time alerts and informed intelligence of new marketing initiatives and emerging changes. At a minimum, this will encapsulate the following areas:
a)	Organisational Alerts – news, changes in fact and figures, leadership, facilities, partnerships, events, awards, alumni, research, accommodation, equality and diversity, sustainability, reputation, and rankings.
b)	Marketing Alerts – messaging changes, open day marketing, promotions and campaigns, website changes, B2B services, press alerts, student voice, homepage changes, student wellbeing, and marketing intelligence.
c)	Course Alerts – new courses, course changes, course withdrawals, module changes, title changes, entry requirements, fees, online learning resources, and accreditations.
d)	Social Media Alerts – Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, blogs, vlogs, and podcast activities.
e)	Financial Alerts – fee changes, financial results, bursaries, scholarships and discounts, student loans, apprenticeships, business partnerships.
2)	A dedicated analyst to filter web estate changes for relevancy and to summarise content, while tailoring the front-end platform to more directly match the University’s information needs and priorities.
3)	Access to tailored dashboards and customised alerts to segment information flow into different business areas and ensure relevant information flows to the right groups in a timely manner. Typical content set-up could include:
a)	Scholarships, bursaries and discounts
b)	Changes in key messaging across different target audiences
c)	Changes to entry requirements, fees, IELTS
d)	New/withdrawn programmes
e)	Events
f)	Clearing activities
g)	New partnerships (business and student recruitment)
h)	Updates to APP and contextual offers
4)	Provide a single Account Manager for updating and managing the product and a dedicated data analysts to ensure relevancy and appropriateness of key data flows.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48480000, 48481000, 72210000, 72212480, 72212481, 79342000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** We are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide real-time intelligence, across the digital landscape, on a set of competitors as defined by Newcastle University. This will help us to be more responsive to sector activity and through automation, will ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** (NU/1589 – 69) HE Competitor Tracking and Insight (active)
  - Award id: `025053-2022-NU/1589-69-1`
  - Supplier(s): **WatchMyCompetitor**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63099`
  - Value: £6,300 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** (NU/1589 – 69) HE Competitor Tracking and Insight (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,300
  - Signed Date: 15/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025053-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-07T09:31:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T03:26:48.848Z
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