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title: "Recruitment & Admissions - early Market Engagement"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0417bb"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EXETER"
published: "2023-11-13"
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# Recruitment & Admissions - early Market Engagement

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0417bb

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## Summary

The University of Exeter is planning a tender process titled "Recruitment & Admissions - Early Market Engagement" in the goods category within the software package and information systems industry. They aim to improve their admissions business processes and systems to achieve their Strategy 2030 goals. The University seeks partners to enhance lead and applicant experience, staff efficiency, and recruitment data insights by the submission deadline of Friday 1st December 2023 at 12:00hrs.

This tender provides an opportunity for businesses in the recruitment services sector to collaborate with the University of Exeter to support their strategic vision. Companies offering innovative solutions to enhance admissions processes and student experience are encouraged to participate. The University's commitment to sustainability and excellence in education creates a conducive environment for forward-thinking organisations looking to expand their market presence in the software and information systems industry.

## Notice

At the University of Exeter our 2030 strategic vision is to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future. To do this we will develop critical, creative and empowered people through our educational programmes and by creating knowledge, making discoveries and providing solutions through our research. We are committed to working with our partners and communities, to being a great employer, providing accessible education and preserving, advancing and disseminating knowledge.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

At the University of Exeter our 2030 strategic vision is to use the power of our education and research to create a sustainable, healthy and socially just future. To do this we will develop critical, creative and empowered people through our educational programmes and by creating knowledge, making discoveries and providing solutions through our research. We are committed to working with our partners and communities, to being a great employer, providing accessible education and preserving, advancing and disseminating knowledge. Underpinning this mission, our global ambitions, and our resolution to remain at the top of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK universities for student experience, is a recognition that we must lead the sector in our approach to Recruitment and Admissions. As we diversify learning experiences, increase modes of educational delivery, and seek to transform how we utilise data to support applicants and students, enhance their outcomes and improve institutional performance, the University of Exeter is keen to understand what products and partners are leading the 'Recruitment and Admissions' market now and into the future. Our aim is to implement improvements to the Admissions business processes and systems, in order to realise the University Digital Admissions ambitions of improved lead and applicant experience, staff experience, processing efficiency and improved recruitment data and insight. These improvements aim to enable the delivery of the ambitions set out in Strategy 2030, particularly in relation to improved applicant experience, driving up international student numbers and improving the diversity of our home and global applicant community, increased system automation and increase in applications processing by 2030/31. We are gathering information to enable us to identify potential partners with matching visions and corresponding capabilities to create a future-focused collaborator with whom we can start laying the recruitment and admissions foundations underlying our 2030 vision: "Together we create the possible." The Early Market engagement activity can be accessed via our eTendering portal ; https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=EXETER By logging into the portal if an existing user, or by registering your company details for new users, you will be able to express interest in this opportunity; UOE/2023/091/LJ, which will provide access to the associated documentation, allow you to ask questions and ultimately to submit your response prior to the submission deadline of Friday 1st December 2023 at 12:00hrs. Additional information: Please note that we understand that there may not be one product that meets all our requirements in one but please tell us about the features of your solution by answering the questions on the attached document. You will notice that we have split out our requirements in to 3 sections/options A, B and C which foreground our key challenges.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033441-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 1 Feb 2024 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EXETER |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX4 4QH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Duryard and St James |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | TLK4 Devon |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 79600000 - Recruitment services

## Release History

- 13 Nov 2023 at 12:20 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033441-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.exeter.ac.uk
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=75050&B=EXETER
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/53042
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=EXETER

## Provenance

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