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title: "Student Pathway Provider/International Study Centre"
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# Student Pathway Provider/International Study Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/student-pathway-provider-international-study-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-0684e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Sussex: "Student Pathway Provider/International Study Centre". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Sussex](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-sussex-urn-133795)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Education and training services, Marketing services, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/student-pathway-provider-international-study-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-0684e5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0684e5`

## 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/student-pathway-provider-international-study-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-0684e5#tl-md)

## Description
The university currently hosts an on-campus "International Study Centre" which delivers routes to degree courses for international students. The partner provider recruits students and provides options for entry that are taught by the provider and certified by Sussex. At the successful completion of the course students are invited to join their selected course and enrol as Sussex students.
https://isc.sussex.ac.uk/programmes
This provision is due to expire at the end of academic year 2029/30 (31 July 2030). The university is therefore engaging the market to assist in the formation of our plans for this key student recruitment route. We see this as an opportunity to challenge our assumptions across the board about how we can support potential students and encourage them to enrol at Sussex.
To this end while the international student pathway is forming the core of our investigation in this project, we see this as an opportunity to reevaluate pathways across all student cohorts, locations, models and formats. We have recently conducted premarket engagement in our Online Distance Learning space (with a tender proposed for 2026) and across the University we are seeking ways to respond to the increasingly dynamic student market.
As such rather than framing specific requirements we have provided objectives and needs to meet.
Our hope is that by engaging with suppliers we can be innovative in our response to student demand in collaboration with the market to meet student needs while providing sustainable income and value for money for all involved.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 75121000, 79342000, 79600000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2029 to 31/07/2039

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035025-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-17T09:24:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T15:59:50.994Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0684e5