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title: "Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University"
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# Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prospective-student-engagement-and-conversion-service-for-keele-university-ocds-h6vhtk-04e544). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Keele: "Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,900,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Mar 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Keele](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-keele-urn-133883)
- **Published Value:** £1,900,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 March 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Marketing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,374,890 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prospective-student-engagement-and-conversion-service-for-keele-university-ocds-h6vhtk-04e544#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e544`

## 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/prospective-student-engagement-and-conversion-service-for-keele-university-ocds-h6vhtk-04e544#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofkeele%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prospective-student-engagement-and-conversion-service-for-keele-university-ocds-h6vhtk-04e544#participate

## Description
Tenders are invited from interested parties for the Contract for the provision of a Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
The services required are fully described in the Tender Specification.
All Tenderers are required to submit a compliant tender response in accordance with the tender requirements as set out in the Tender Specification.
All tender responses will be subject to the Tender Evaluation Methodology as set out in the ITT.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £1,900,000
- **Description:** Main reasons for the decision not to sub-divide the contract into lots: Given the need for one Service Provider to co-ordinate the delivery of all of the services required, the contract has not been subdivided into lots.
The contract will run for an ...
- **Contract Period:** 30/06/2025 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University (active)
  - Award id: `083400-2025-1`
  - Supplier(s): **QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175968`
  - Value: £1,374,890 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,374,890
  - Signed Date: 16/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F083400-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-16T13:58:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T08:12:37.570Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e544