Digital Advertising - Student Recruitment

Official notice

Authority: ASTON UNIVERSITY (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG31)

Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Jul 2023no call for competition

Awarded to RH Advertising

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Digital advertising and search engine optimisation for domestic and international student recruitment.

Called off from the following framework/lot:

SUPC National Education Recruitment Advertising

and Resourcing Services (NERARS 2023)

Lot 2 - Recruitment marketing to attract UK and overseas students

CPV: Advertising services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: West Midlands

Extensions: 12 Months + 12 Months

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 11 Aug 2023, 11:53 BST
Last source update: 11 Aug 2023, 11:53 BST
Authority reference: 738
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-023550
Classification (CPV): Advertising services
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ef07 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Called off from the following framework/lot:
SUPC National Education Recruitment Advertising
and Resourcing Services (NERARS 2023)
Lot 2 - Recruitment marketing to attract UK and overseas students.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
RH AdvertisingSME	£1,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 023550-2023-1 · RH AdvertisingSME
Signed
31 Jul 2023
Value
£1,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Aston University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000904 Aston Triangle, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B47ETContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

RH Advertising LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 3909789 Exeter, South West

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.