Student recruitment partnership with UCAS Media

The below justification set out in Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 applies to this Direct Award; Single Supplier. (5) The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. UCAS is the sole owner and provider of the advertising inventory, applicant data, consultancy services and recruitment events required by the University of Plymouth. These services are proprietary to UCAS and cannot be obtained from alternative suppliers.