Published date: 18 March 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 January 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Higher education services - 80300000

Location of contract

B15 2TT

Value of contract

£25,000,000

Procurement reference

FRAM465/19

Published date

18 March 2021

Closing date

31 January 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 October 2020

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University is seeking to appoint an organisation to provide student recruitment services to deliver significant growth in the number and diversity of suitably qualified international foundation students to its international undergraduate pathway programmes on the Edgbaston campus. This is to support the University's strategic ambition to grow and diversify its international student body.

These programmes are delivered in-house through the University's Birmingham International Academy (BIA) which has a prime on-campus location and is already well established and well respected in the market with a reputation for high quality delivery and excellent student experience, as evidenced by the BIA's student satisfaction and progression rates. The programmes currently include three pathways (noting there may be scope to expand the programme portfolio and intake points in the future). These are:

Arts, Social Sciences, Business and Law Pathway (September and January intakes)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Pathway (September and January intakes)
• Medical, Life and Geo Sciences Pathway (September intake)

There are two tender options for services to be provided as follows::

Option one: Services limited to soliciting applications from prospective international foundation students on behalf of the University and screening them to ensure they are suitably qualified before submission through the University's standard admissions processes (managed by the University's admissions office).

Option two: Services which also incorporate the admissions process, employing the University's established admissions criteria for its international pathway programmes and admitting students through the service provider's admissions function.

Subject to the provisions of the contract agreement, the University will initially place a contract for a period of 5 years, with the option to extend for a further two year period. Procurement documentation can be downloaded from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbirmingham/aspx/Home

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of services to recruit international foundation students for the University of Birmingham

  • Opportunity
  • Published 13 December 2019

Award information

Awarded date

12 October 2020

Contract start date

16 October 2020

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Total value of contract

£25,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES U.K. LIMITED

Address

Second Floor Warwick Building Kensington Village Avonmore Road London W14 8HQ

Reference

Companies House number: 05268303

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Thomas Hasson

Address

Edgbaston
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
England

Telephone

0121 414 2890

Email

T.R.Hasson@bham.ac.uk