Notice Information
Notice Title
International Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion Service
Notice Description
The University of Exeter is exploring third party services to support the student recruitment journey of our prospective international PGT students to commence from September 2025 for future intakes.
Lot Information
Lot LOT-0000
Renewal: This contract can be extended for two further periods of up to 12 months.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0523fe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048790-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80300000 - Higher education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £875,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £875,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £875,000 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Aug 20256 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Sep 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
- Contact Name
- Leanne Le Moucheux
- Contact Email
- l.a.le-moucheux@exeter.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1392723333
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EXETER
- Postcode
- EX4 4QH
- Post Town
- Exeter
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK43 Devon CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Exeter
- Electoral Ward
- Duryard and St James
- Westminster Constituency
- Exeter
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048790-2025
14th August 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026793-2025
23rd May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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