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(NU/1589 - 68) Postgraduate and Undergraduate Tracking and Insight Products

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY

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29 Jul 2022 at 10:04

Summary of the contracting process

Newcastle University has successfully completed the procurement process for the contract titled "(NU/1589 – 68) Postgraduate and Undergraduate Tracking and Insight Products." This contract, classified under the business services sector with a focus on marketing and consulting, was initiated through a selective procurement method. The award was communicated on 27th July 2022, following a standstill period to allow for any challenges against the award decision, in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contract value is set at £12,750, and it involves the provision of ongoing tracking data related to higher education applicants' needs and intentions.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in market research, data analytics, and consultancy services to engage with an established institution like Newcastle University. Firms producing software for data tracking or providing insights into consumer behaviour will find this contract particularly relevant. With the use of a research panel of over 150,000 young individuals, companies capable of delivering tailored data solutions and workshops or developing agile online survey platforms are well-positioned to compete for similar opportunities in the future.

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Notice Title

(NU/1589 - 68) Postgraduate and Undergraduate Tracking and Insight Products

Notice Description

We are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide continuous tracking data on HE applicant needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions across both the undergraduate and postgraduate markets. The supplier specifically is required to provide the following products and services: Products 1) Access to Undergraduate Applicant key trends, tracking their changing needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions based on annual data collection from 2006 to the present, including: a) Exploration of key decision-making factors b) Benchmarking of all individual UK HEI's performance c) Benchmarking of key trends based on subject choice d) Filtering at demographic, institutional, academic, attitudinal, and user segmentation levels e) Qualitative and emotional drivers - fully explorable verbatim comments to highlight key research areas 2) Access to Postgraduate Applicant key trends, tracking their changing needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions based on annual data collection from 2013 to the present, including: a) Exploration of key decision-making factors b) Benchmarking of all individual UK HEI's performance c) Benchmarking of key trends based on subject choice d) Filtering at demographic, institutional, academic, attitudinal and user segmentation levels e) Qualitative and emotional drivers - fully explorable verbatim comments to highlight key research areas Services 1) Direct access to a suite of dashboards to fully explore the data at a granular level across these 2 key market areas: Undergraduate, Postgraduate 2) Annual workshops to deep dive on key analysis areas with the suppliers' senior researchers, access to periodic expert trends and insight reports based on the latest data from the tracking suite and opportunities to form student/applicant panels for exploration of key themes. 3) Access to a research panel of 150,000 highly profiled 16-30s, who are available for online surveys, trackers, polling, audience measurement, benchmark studies and other research projects. 4) Provide a single Account Manager for updating and managing the products.

Lot Information

Lot 1

We are seeking to appoint a supplier to provide continuous tracking data on HE applicant needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions across both the undergraduate and postgraduate markets. The supplier specifically is required to provide the following products and services: Products 1) Access to Undergraduate Applicant key trends, tracking their changing needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions based on annual data collection from 2006 to the present, including: a) Exploration of key decision-making factors b) Benchmarking of all individual UK HEI's performance c) Benchmarking of key trends based on subject choice d) Filtering at demographic, institutional, academic, attitudinal, and user segmentation levels e) Qualitative and emotional drivers - fully explorable verbatim comments to highlight key research areas 2) Access to Postgraduate Applicant key trends, tracking their changing needs, intentions, motivations, and decisions based on annual data collection from 2013 to the present, including: a) Exploration of key decision-making factors b) Benchmarking of all individual UK HEI's performance c) Benchmarking of key trends based on subject choice d) Filtering at demographic, institutional, academic, attitudinal and user segmentation levels e) Qualitative and emotional drivers - fully explorable verbatim comments to highlight key research areas Services 1) Direct access to a suite of dashboards to fully explore the data at a granular level across these 2 key market areas: Undergraduate, Postgraduate 2) Annual workshops to deep dive on key analysis areas with the suppliers' senior researchers, access to periodic expert trends and insight reports based on the latest data from the tracking suite and opportunities to form student/applicant panels for exploration of key themes. 3) Access to a research panel of 150,000 highly profiled 16-30s, who are available for online surveys, trackers, polling, audience measurement, benchmark studies and other research projects. 4) Provide a single Account Manager for updating and managing the products.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03574f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020764-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package

48481000 - Sales or marketing software package

72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products

72212480 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services

72212481 - Sales or marketing software development services

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79342000 - Marketing services

79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£12,750 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Jul 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
26 Jul 20223 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
purchasing@ncl.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode
NE1 7RU
Post Town
Newcastle upon Tyne
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC43 Tyneside
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Electoral Ward
Monument
Westminster Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

YOUTHSIGHT

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