Official UK procurement notice
YSJU Online Education Landscape Survey
Authority: York St John University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe university seeks a skilled and experienced consultant to deliver a report on the online education landscape. This consultancy role sits at the heart of the University'ss ed‐tech strategy and will provide an independent, data driven view of the online education landscape. This work will include, but is not limited to, the following elements:-
- analyse the scope of the online market
- identify enrolment trends, subject concentration, and demand across different levels of study
- provide the direction and landscape for YSJ to pursue the online education market
Your insights will guide our portfolio choices for online delivery, while also evaluating partnership opportunities and commercial models used across the sector.
A key part of the role involves assessing the risk profiles of potential partner organisations, both at a broad market level and through detailed, granular analysis to ensure we make informed, future focused decisions that strengthen our online offering.
Successful applicants must be able to demonstrate:
- Proven experience delivering online education landscape data within UK universities
- Experience working with non-Russell Group or teaching focused institutions
- Strong understanding of the education sector and online requirements
Timescales and Format
YSJ anticipates this being a short, defined engagement.
A proposal must be delivered by 31 July 2026.
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CPV: Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How York St John University buys Higher education services (CPV 8030), and who usually turns up
York St John University’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Higher education services (CPV 8030) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 38 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid8% / 11%
2–333% / 53%
4–625% / 11%
7+33% / 26%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate0% / 20%
Within ±2%100% / 30%
Above estimate0% / 50%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 8030Published estimate£12k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 73 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid21%
2–330%
4–625%
7+25%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 May 2026, 10:17 BST
- Last source update
- 22 May 2026, 10:17 BST
- Authority reference
TEN040- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-047567- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a069Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 May 2026 → 8 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published159 days ago22 May 2026, 10:17 BST
- Market engagement145 days ago4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
We are seeking proposals with quotes for the work described to help us assess the market and what is possible in the timescales set. Please submit proposals and pricing via the Delta portal.
- Contract starts142 days ago8 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published22 May 2026, 10:17 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender