Official UK procurement notice
SU02(27) Student Recruitment Services in South Asia
Authority: Swansea Bay University Health Board (Central government)
Swansea University is seeking a supplier to provide dedicated recruitment resource to support and deliver student recruitment activity across South Asia (South Asia defined for this document as Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. South Asia in this document does not include Pakistan) on our behalf. The appointed supplier must be able to provide up to four dedicated personnel who will work exclusively on Swansea University activities.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwansea University is seeking a supplier to provide dedicated recruitment resource to support and deliver student recruitment activity across South Asia (South Asia defined for this document as Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. South Asia in this document does not include Pakistan) on our behalf.
The aim of this is to support the University’s strategy in South Asia of increasing undergraduate and postgraduate student market share and to grow student enrolments. The appointed supplier must be able to provide up to four dedicated personnel who will work exclusively on Swansea University activities. The University reserves the right to increase or decrease resource levels in line with recruitment requirements throughout the contract period.
This tender is being run as a Light Touch Contract pursuant to section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023.
In line with PA2023 schedule 5, for any future procurement of additional or repeat goods, services or works we reserve the right to directly award under sch5 para.8 a) and b). The University will reserve the right to increase the contract value up to an additional 50% upon agreement by both parties in line with Procurement Act 2023 regulations.
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CPV: Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£600,000
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Understanding and Experience including Case Studies: 30%
- Service Delivery (Mobilisation and Operational): 30%
- Team Structure and Contract Management: 20%
- Reporting, Performance Management and Compliance: 10%
- Price Schedule: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
- Understanding and Experience including Case Studies
- Service Delivery (Mobilisation and Operational)
- Team Structure and Contract Management
- Reporting, Performance Management and Compliance
- Price Schedule
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £368,997 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Swansea Bay University Health Board buys Higher education services (CPV 8030), and who usually turns up
The market side is the UK-wide market, including every region. The notice also lists overseas delivery. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Higher education services (CPV 8030) →
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 42 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid11%
2–353%
4–611%
7+26%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Awards below, close to or above the estimate, per lot. The buyer side adds below-threshold contracts with a pre-award estimate; an award inside a published range counts as close.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate20%
Within ±2%30%
Above estimate50%
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No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8030Published estimate£600k
The notice lists UK and non-UK delivery areas for this lot. The figures below use UK market history and may not describe competition across every area.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. Published delivery includes UK and non-UK areas, so the UK model may not describe every area. The bar shows 19 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid11%
2–353%
4–611%
7+26%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| UCAS Media LtdLive contract | SU43(26) Student Recruitment Market intelligence Servicesruns to Oct 2027 | — | £486k | Matched as the earlier contract |
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
SU43(26) Student Recruitment Market intelligence Services — held by UCAS Media Ltd; the published contract ends 31 Oct 2027.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Nov 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 15 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
SU02(27)- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-106801- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b8dcFind a Tender
- Risks
Continuity of of services, resource requirements, market conditions and legislative or regulatory requirements.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Sell2Wales- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 10 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- cy, en
This tender is being run on eTenderWales portal. ITT: itt_128293 - SU02(27) Student Recruitment Services in South Asia.
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Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0800 069 8634
Timeline
10 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed10 Nov 2026, 15:45 GMT
- Today10 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 14 days25 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 29 days10 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 97 days15 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 141 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Nov 2026, 15:45 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender