Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (NERARS)
Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)
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Key details
Procurement
- 79340000 Advertising and marketing services
- 79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79300000 Market and economic research; polling and statistics
- 79310000 Market research services
- 79320000 Public-opinion polling services
- 79341000 Advertising services
- 79341100 Advertising consultancy services
- 79341200 Advertising management services
- 79341400 Advertising campaign services
- 79341500 Aeral advertising services
- 79342000 Marketing services
- 79342100 Direct marketing services
- 79342200 Promotional services
- 79342300 Customer services
- 79342310 Customer survey services
- 79342311 Customer satisfaction survey
- 79342320 Customer-care services
- 79342400 Auction services
- 79342410 Electronic auction services
- 79600000 Recruitment services
- 79800000 Printing and related services
- 79810000 Printing services
- 79811000 Digital printing services
- 79820000 Services related to printing
- 79821000 Print finishing services
- 79821100 Proofreading services
- 79822000 Composition services
- 79822500 Graphic design services
- 79823000 Printing and delivery services
- 79824000 Printing and distribution services
- 79900000 Miscellaneous business and business-related services
What happened
The contract runs until 28 Feb 2030.
Description
The Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services Framework Agreement supports the public sector with education recruitment advertising and resourcing as well as student recruitment advertising. The current framework is made up of 2 lots as described below; Lot 1 - Education Recruitment Advertising & Resourcing Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing which range from all types of advertising services including recruitment of staff, advertisement creation and production, type setting and copy writing, media buying, art direction, brand management and where required full creative services for new advertising campaigns. Lot 2 - Student Recruitment Marketing Student Recruitment Advertising marketing to attract UK and overseas students and is focussed on media buying and advertisement placement.
How to engage
SUPC are looking to conduct Pre Market Engagement for the re-tender of the Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (NERARS) Framework Agreement. The framework supports the public sector with education recruitment advertising and Resourcing as well as student recruitment advertising. The purpose of the PME is to understand different commercial models that we could use to make informed decisions to assist the pricing model and specification for the new iteration of the framework. We would like feedback to gain a better understanding of how you manage your prices, what you think works well, what you have seen that works well on other tenders/frameworks and what you would like to see on the new iteration of the framework. A market engagement questionnaire has been created for all who are interested to express interest, provide feedback on the current structure and provide valuable insights that will help shape the next framework. The link for the survey can be found at; https://forms.office.com/e/EfVpuqWGk9 (alternatively the link to the survey can be found in the document attached to this notice) If required, SUPC might request a follow up meeting with the supplier to discuss their survey response in more detail. The deadline for responses to the survey is 27th February 2026. Disclaimer This Pre-Market Engagement is intended solely to gather market insights and inform future scoping for the potential framework. It does not represent a solicitation, request for proposal, or commitment to proceed with any procurement process. No contractual or financial obligations arise from participation in this engagement. All decisions remain subject to internal approvals and applicable policies. Non-Commitment: This is not a tender and does not guarantee a future procurement. No Advantage/Disadvantage: Engagement (or lack of) does not influence any subsequent tender evaluation. Engagement also does not guarantee participation in the procurement process. Accuracy Liability: The information provided is for market research only Rights Reserved: SUPC reserve the right to change the process or abandon the procurement altogether, should they wish to.
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