Official UK procurement notice
Student Recruitment Advertising · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Queen Margaret University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQMU requires a competent and proficient supplier to support the strategizing, execution and monitoring of campaign activity in order to stimulate student recruitment.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Non-competitive action carried out due to reasons of extreme urgency according to…Awarded
Non-competitive action carried out due to reasons of extreme urgency according to regulation 6(1)(C). Contract awarded to incumbent supplier, Penna Plc, to ensure continuity of student advertising services in the absence of a Head of Procurement for one year contract. Full procurement to be carried out once contract expires.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Dec 2024, 14:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
- Authority reference
P0039-QMU-NCA- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053113- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c85fFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Non-competitive action carried out due to reasons of extreme urgency according to regulation 6(1)(C). Contract awarded to incumbent supplier, Penna Plc, to ensure continuity of student advertising services in the absence of a Head of Procurement for one year contract. Full procurement to be carried out once contract expires.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:808976)
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled2 Sept 2025, 12:15 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Penna PlcAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.