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title: "Third Party Admissions System"
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# Third Party Admissions System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/third-party-admissions-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0486af). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University Of Edinburgh: "Third Party Admissions System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University Of Edinburgh](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-edinburgh-GB-FTS-2023)
- **Published Value:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 September 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Data analysis services, Higher education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0486af`

## 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/third-party-admissions-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0486af#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2Fesop%2Fpts-host%2Fpublic%2Fpts%2Fweb%2Flogin.html%3FVISITORID%3Db00bf88c-8f28-485d-87cf-5a33b56e5fa8%26amp%3BVISITORID%3Db00bf88c-8f28-485d-87cf-5a33b56e5fa8)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/third-party-admissions-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0486af#participate

## Description
The University is looking to work with a commercial partner to support admissions decision-making, with scope to consider verification and conversion support. This work would cover the next three admissions cycles, with the first intake being September 2025.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72316000, 80300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The University of Edinburgh seeks to enhance the Future Student experience both in speed of decision turnaround and in the qualitative experience of all applicants whether they receive an offer or not. This is to support our delivery of institutional...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 039692-2024-EC1028-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **QS  Quacquarelli Symonds Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175968`
  - Value: £600,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 039692-2024-EC1028-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £600,000
  - Signed Date: 09/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039692-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-10T09:17:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T11:26:27.941Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0486af