PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University - AWARD

Keele University · published 16 Dec 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID90b84237-0d15-403c-bd07-afcfd1a831b3-876208
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-5bc9d020-e8c3-4ce7-9475-46478d21a718
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-55515
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£1,374,890
award field
Tender value
£1,374,890
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
79342000
Marketing services
Delivery
Not stated
ST5 5BG
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Tenders are invited from interested parties for the Contract for the provision of a Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT). The services required are fully described in the Tender Specification. All Tenderers are required to submit a compliant tender response in accordance with the tender requirements as set out in the Tender Specification. All tender responses will be subject to the Tender Evaluation Methodology as set out in the ITT. Main reasons for the decision not to sub-divide the contract into lots: Given the need for one Service Provider to co-ordinate the delivery of all of the services required, the contract has not been subdivided into lots. The contract will run for an initial period of twenty-seven months from 1st July 2025 to 30th September 2027 with options to extend for a further two twelve-month periods, reviewed annually, with a final end date of 30th September 2029. The decision of whether to take up the extension options will be down to the absolute discretion of the University. The estimated total value of the contract over its duration (including the extension options if these are taken up) is £1.9 million excluding VAT. Award Criteria: Quality criterion - Name: Proposed Management Structure and Key Personnel for the Contract for the provision of a Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University / Weighting: 200 marks Quality criterion - Name: Approach and Methodology for the delivery of the Contract for the provision of a Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University / Weighting: 300 marks Quality criterion - Name: Conversion Rates and Return on Investment under the Contract for the provision of a Prospective Student Engagement and Conversion Service for Keele University / Weighting: 200 marks Price - Weighting: 300 marks

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release16 Dec 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published31 Mar 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 16 Dec 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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