Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Student and Education Sector Data
Authority: Manchester Metropolitan University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University seeks to award a contract for the provision of student recruitment data and subsequent student recruitment advertising services.
CPV: Added-value database services · Advertising campaign services · Data services
The lotProcurement structure
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Provision of student recruitment data and subsequent student recruitment advertising services, including pre-applicant database, UCAS application patterns and numbers, University admission behaviours and numbers, data consultancy etc. for UK undergraduate university applications.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 6 Nov 2023, 11:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2023, 11:51 GMT
- Authority reference
SSA159- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032756- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The University seeks to award a contract for the provision of student recruitment intelligence and student recruitment advertising services. UCAS are the sole holder of the data required to enable this proven and sophisticated approach to student recruitment (pre-applicant database, UCAS application patterns and numbers, University admission behaviours and numbers, etc.) as they alone handle UK undergraduate university applications.
The contract is for a 12-month period.
The award is made in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)
competition is absent for technical reasons.
- Review procedure
The Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
The authority incorporates a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) before this contract is entered into
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCAS Media LtdSME | £381,335 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 032756-2023-1 · UCAS Media LtdSME
- Signed
- 6 Nov 2023
- Value
- £381,335
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UCAS Media LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.