Award

Third Party Admissions System

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

10 Dec 2024 at 00:00

Tender

01 Aug 2024 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

The University of Edinburgh has awarded a contract for a Third Party Admissions System to QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, valued at £600,000. The project is aimed at enhancing the admissions decision-making process with additional support for verification and conversion, starting from September 2025 over the next three admissions cycles. This procurement process, categorized under Education services, utilized an open procedure and covered the main procurement category of services. The procurement stage reached completion with the contract signed on 9th December 2024, and activities are expected to primarily take place within the region of UKM75 (Edinburgh).

This tender offers significant business growth opportunities for companies specializing in administrative support for educational institutions. Firms with a strong background in data verification, admissions processes, and cloud-based systems stand to benefit. The selected supplier provides expert support, enabling University of Edinburgh admissions staff to focus on specialized tasks. Businesses experienced in similar projects, possessing robust data security measures, and familiar with educational sector requirements would be well-suited to such opportunities. This engagement underscores the University's commitment to improving student experience and achieving strategic objectives.

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Notice Title

Third Party Admissions System

Notice 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.

Lot Information

Lot 1

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 student population strategic objectives, and to ensure our future student experience is in line with our world class standing. 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. The third-party admissions service should support to admissions teams at the University of Edinburgh, to provide more concentrated and flexible support in peak periods, and allow for University of Edinburgh Admissions staff to focus on specialist, value-added activity. This should also enable offer making to be delivered in a timely manner. This would likely include: - Identification and completion of missing data; - Identification of ineligible applicants; - Identification of applicants who are highly competitive and should be considered further by admissions teams; and - Requesting documentation post-offer, to confirm whether the applicant has met their conditions of offer. This would primarily be undertaken by staff from the supplier, who are trained by the University of Edinburgh. These staff will be granted access the University's systems to support this activity. This will include the use of the University's student records system, EUCLID (SITS). Access is cloud based through multi factor authentication and a VPN should be utilised for any work undertaken off campus. Information will be shared through Microsoft 365 products and supplier staff will be invited to relevant admissions team meetings to ensure accurate and successful completion of work to SLAs. Data protection standards must be met to ensure safety and security of applicant data.

Options: One 12-month extension option available to the University.

Renewal: Following the initial 24-month period, the University will have the option to extend by a further 12-months, for a total possible contract duration of 36-months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000772827
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC519901
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

72316000 - Data analysis services

75121000 - Administrative educational services

80300000 - Higher education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£600,000 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Dec 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Sep 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Dec 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

QS QUACQUARELLI SYMONDS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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