Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value

£80,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice

Deadline (UK time)

Fri 19 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMTOpen for bids.

Published

22 Oct 2026

Region

Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

• 79000000
• 79300000
• 79340000
• 79341000
• 79341100
• 79341200
• 79341400
• 79341500
• 79342000
• 79342100
• 79342200
• 79342300

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

1. 22 Oct 2026
   Tender notice

   Tender notice published 22 October 2026.

   Deadline in this release: Fri 19 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMT.

   Release 099922-2026

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2. 22 Oct 2026
   Tender notice update

   Tender notice update published 22 October 2026. Stated change: Changes to the 'Description of risks to contract performance' Section to include; Southern Universities Procurement Consortia (an operating unit and trading name of Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS) acting on behalf of the UK Universities Procurement Consortia (UKUPC), is establishing a Framework Agreement for For the supply of Education Recruitment Advertising, Marketing, Attraction and Student Recruitment Services. Please refer to the tender documents for further details – https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=110325&TID100115344&B= The Framework will provide Participating Members with access to a broad range of education recruitment, student recruitment marketing, attraction, advertising, platform and marketplace services designed to support the recruitment of students and staff across the UK and international markets. The framework is divided into 5 lots. It is primarily designed for use by Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) institutions and by non HE/FE organisations i.e. other public sector and third sector organisations, that are, or become, full, associate, or affiliate Members of SUPC or the Participating Consortia. Eligible organisations may include but not limited to schools and academies, local government bodies, charities, research and science organisations, cultural institutions, health and care bodies, and other publicly funded or not for profit entities. Southern Universities Management Services ("SUMS") operates the Southern Universities Procurement Consortium ("SUPC"). SUMS is considering future corporate restructuring arrangements, including the establishment of a separate legal entity to operate and manage SUPC procurement activities. Accordingly, the successful Supplier acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to SUMS and SUPC, this Framework may be utilised by any successor entity, subsidiary, associated company or other group undertaking of SUMS established for the purpose of operating, managing,

   Deadline in this release: Fri 19 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMT.

   Release 100165-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

• None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

08/ Related

Where to go next

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