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# Provision of a CRM Solution for Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-crm-solution-for-recruitment-marketing-and-admissions-ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Southampton: "Provision of a CRM Solution for Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions". Published status: active. Published Value: £2,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Southampton](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-southampton-urn-133879)
- **Published Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-crm-solution-for-recruitment-marketing-and-admissions-ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd`

## 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/provision-of-a-crm-solution-for-recruitment-marketing-and-admissions-ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofsouthampton%2Faspx%2FHome))
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-crm-solution-for-recruitment-marketing-and-admissions-ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd#participate

## Description
The University of Southampton is undertaking a major transformation programme centred on Customer Relationship Management (CRM). The focus is on delivering an end-to-end CRM solution covering Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate Taught (PGT) and Postgraduate Research (PGR) Recruitment, Marketing and Admissions. This procurement seeks a modern, scalable CRM platform that supports the University's strategic aims for organisational excellence, student number growth and enhanced digital capability. 
Student recruitment is a core driver of University sustainability, providing a significant proportion of institutional funding. The University must grow UG, PGT and PGR enrolments across multiple geographies in an increasingly competitive and volatile market. Recruitment and conversion journeys are complex, long, multi-stage and personalised, involving prospective students and key influencers such as parents, teachers and agents. A robust CRM is required to manage this complexity and optimise conversion. 
The current CRM and admissions landscape is fragmented across multiple systems (e.g., UCAS, Banner ARC, Web-for-Admissions, Dynamics, Reach, Gecko, WPM, Business World, Room Service, IDM, PowerBI, QlikView). These systems lack integration, create inconsistent user experiences, limit personalisation, hinder reporting, and rely heavily on manual workarounds. Several systems are unstable, end-of-life or unable to evolve to meet future needs. 
The University therefore requires a single CRM solution that provides an end-to-end view of the student journey, supports seamless data flows, enables personalisation at scale, incorporates international compliance processes (CAS, Visa), improves operational efficiency, and delivers advanced reporting and analytics. The system must support process redesign, business change, integration with core platforms, and future scalability across the CRM programme. This procurement will deliver the technical platform and supporting implementation services required to realise these aims.
PLEASE NOTE: The University of Southampton is not a 'body governed by public law' and is therefore not considered a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015), the Procurement Act 2023 (PA 2023) or the Procurement Regulations 2024 and/or any replacement legislation. This procurement process is not regulated by UK (or EU) public procurement law.
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> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-crm-solution-for-recruitment-marketing-and-admissions-ocds-h6vhtk-0605fd)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 27/03/2026 to 26/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003227-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-14T16:17:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T23:52:46.975Z
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