Notice Information
Notice Title
Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion
Notice Description
Keele University wishes to appoint a supplier that has Higher Education experience in home and international markets and can demonstrate that it understands the student journey, The application funnel and the conversion activities required to meet challenging student recruitment targets across Foundation, UG and PGT levels for Home and international markets. The supplier should be able to provide sector insights and demonstrate an understanding of what is innovative in the marketplace and how it has transformed student engagement for Higher Education clients.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Keele University is seeking to appoint a supplier for the provision of high quality and transparent prospective student engagement services. It is also important that the appointed agency can demonstrate that it can continuously evaluate the performance of campaigns and support the University to achieve challenging student recruitment targets. The University wishes to understand potential approaches to supporting the following digital marketing campaigns: FY and UG 2022 - Home and International markets * Apply to Keele for 2022/23 entry * Course specific advertising as requested * Brand level campaigns to raise awareness of Keele University and drive recruitment * Recruitment for 2023/24 entry * Conversion Phase - April to June 2022 * Clearing Phase - July to September 2022 PGT 2022 * Apply to Keele for 2022/23 entry * Course specific advertising as requested * Brand level campaigns to raise awareness of Keele University and drive recruitment * Recruitment for 2023 * Conversion Phase - April to September 2022 * Recruitment "It's not too late to apply" 2022
Options: The contract will run for an initial period of twelve months from 1st October 2021 to 30th September 2022 with options to extend for a further two twelve-month periods, reviewed annually, with a final end date of 30th September 2024 if extensions are agreed.
Renewal: The contract will run for an initial period of thirteen months from 1st August 2021 to 30th September 2022 with options to extend for a further three thirteen months period, reviewed annually, with a final end date of 30th September 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-028aab
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010716-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79342000 - Marketing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £792,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 May 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Feb 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Apr 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF KEELE
- Contact Name
- Lorraine Edwards
- Contact Email
- l.j.edwards@keele.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1782733255
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE
- Postcode
- ST5 5BG
- Post Town
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG24 Staffordshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Electoral Ward
- Keele
- Westminster Constituency
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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