Notice Information
Notice Title
KCL-00001660 Request for Information (RFI) - Development of Digital Admissions Service
Notice Description
This opportunity is published as a Request for Information ONLY and it is strictly published and active until 30/01/2026 (by 12:00 GMT). King's College London is looking to receive submissions oly within this period. At this stage, it is not expected for a contract to be formed as part of this exercise. Therefore, please kindly ignore the information under "Contract start date" and "Contract end date" as these have been entered for the purposes of the notice only. For completeness, the publish delay has occured due to a e-tendering system error. King's College London is not a public body within the meaning of the public procurement legislation. Where the University decides to advertise via any government portal (incl. the Central Digital Platform, Find-a-Tender Service or any other portal), it does so on a voluntary basis and does not undertake any obligation to comply with procurement legislation. The University reserves the right in full to adapt or step outside of the procedures in procurement legislation as it considers necessary. The procedure the University commits to following for any individual procurement will be explained in the relevant tender documentation.
Lot Information
Lot 1
King's College London (King's or KCL) is embarking on the development of a modern digital admissions environment to strengthen its ability to deliver transparent, consistent, and fair admissions practices for a diverse applicant community, while enhancing the technological and operational experience for the workforce. Each year, King's processes over 130,000 applications and responds to more than 250,000 queries, across a comprehensive curriculum-from Arts and Sciences to Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing, as well as pre-sessional and foundation courses, postgraduate research, and executive education. The international market in student recruitment is driving enhanced competitiveness in the sector. King's aspires to become more data driven across the student journey from prospect to alumni. In an Admissions context this means using data to monitor applicant engagement and initiate workflows, to use predictive algorithms to support decision making, to automate tasks and processes, and to share data with the applicant and the institution to personalise student services. King's seeks to replace its existing admissions application with a solution that enables an outcome-focused Admissions Service. This service will uphold principles of transparency, consistency, and fairness, align with institutional strategy, and deliver measurable improvements to institutional and student success.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-060bbe
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005575-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
- Contact Name
- Olya Spasova
- Contact Email
- olya.spasova@kcl.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2078484432
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- WC2R 2LS
- Post Town
- Central London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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