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UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Supply of Higher Educational Consultancy Services in India

Business ServicesCPV 79600000
Value£350k
Deadline30 Sept 2026
Published1 Sept 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 1 Sept 202628 days leftCloses 30 Sept 2026
Who to contact
procurement@derby.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£350ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY publishes Business Services work continuously — 109 notices, roughly one every 9 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

The University is seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide educational consultancy services to recruit additional students from India to study at the University of Derby.

The Supplier is required to provide full suite of in-country services to support in the expansion of student recruitment, partnership management and business opportunity development.

The contract will be in place for 2 years, with optional extension of 2 years in 1 year increments.

The Procurement will be carried out as an Competitive Flexible Procedure under Section 20(2) of the Procurement Act 2023.

An assessment of the market was carried out early 2026.

To ensure an appropriate supplier is appointed, the University has chosen a competitive procedure.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Supplier is required to provide full

The Supplier is required to provide full suite of in-country services to support in the expansion of student recruitment, partnership management and business opportunity development.

02

To ensure an appropriate supplier is appointed

To ensure an appropriate supplier is appointed, the University has chosen a competitive procedure.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidProfessional indemnity insurance
  • Show at bidNamed engagement team with CVs
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06efa4
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
082709-2026
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