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Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services

Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services is a UK public sector tender from Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS) (South East England), with an estimated value of £80m (excluding VAT). The closing date is .

In our daily copy of Find a Tender and Contracts Finder data (), 12 open tenders share CPV 79340000; the median stated value for that CPV code is £448,000.

Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services. Source: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder
BuyerSouthern Universities Management Services (SUMS) (Reading)
Published
Closing date, 12:00 UK time
Estimated value£80m (excluding VAT)
CPV code79340000 — Advertising and marketing services
79000000 — Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
79300000 — Market and economic research; polling and statistics
79341000 — Advertising services
79341100 — Advertising consultancy services
79341200 — Advertising management services
CPV categoryBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Contract typeServices
ProcedureCompetitive flexible procedure
RegionSouth East England
Location—
Marked suitable forSMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)
SourceFind a Tender, notice 100165-2026

Read the full notice and documents on Find a Tender

Summary from the notice

For the supply of Education Recruitment Advertising, Marketing, Attraction and Student Recruitment Services

Official summary as published on Find a Tender (shortened).

How this procurement works

This uses the competitive flexible procedure (Procurement Act 2023). The buyer designs its own stages, often a request to participate first, then invited tenders. Read the notice for each stage and deadline.

Who can bid

The buyer marked this tender as suitable for SMEs. That is a signal the buyer expects smaller organisations to be able to bid, but you still need to meet the requirements in the notice.

Closing date

119 days left: the deadline for tenders is , 12:00 UK time (as of ). Late submissions are normally rejected; check the notice for the exact time and how to submit.

Next steps

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  3. Check that you meet the selection criteria (experience, insurance, finances) and send clarification questions early.
  4. Prepare your response, including any social value questions, and submit before the closing date.

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