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University of York - Transforming Online Education

University of York · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 19:16.

Opportunity overview

A high calibre, strategic partner to accelerate the growth and global reach of the University of York Online portfolio. With a mature and successful postgraduate online degree presence, the University plans to expand its current degree portfolio and develop new offerings in short courses, stackables and micro-credentials. Our needs include an OfS registered (or in the process of OfS registration), innovative partner with a proven track record of delivering high-impact, data-driven marketing, lead generation and student recruitment at a global level across a diverse portfolio of degrees, micro credentials and short courses. We require excellent market insight, conversion management, the delivery of a seamless, high quality digital experience for learner recruitment, as well as having capabilities in B2B sales and recruitment. The University of York will remain the lead for all current academic pedagogy, teaching, and for the long term student success and pastoral journey. Following an initial phase of transition for our existing online programmes, we will take forward new developments including but not necessarily limited to: New and/or revised online Masters degrees University- or partner-developed short courses, with credit-bearing options, that may provide pathways to degrees 'Stackable' short courses and awards Innovative use of AI to support programme development and delivery (content, assessment and feedback) and to enhance the student experience and progression.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

FUTURELEARN LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£92m
Awarded
15 Jul 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 08324083
Location
London, UKI31, EC1N 2HS, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
UY PROC 1240
Status
complete
Procurement Method
selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
University of York
Id
GB-UKPRN-10007167

Identifier

Scheme
GB-UKPRN
Id
10007167

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PRDQ-5539-WTHX

Address

Street Address
Heslington
Locality
York
Postal Code
YO10 5DD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKE21

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
FUTURELEARN LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-08324083

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
08324083

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDHM-2517-GXNZ

Address

Street Address
Buchanan House
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1N 2HS
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

supplier
tenderer

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Control

Description
UK Academic Holdings Companies House number 11104387 Registered address 30 Holborn, Buchanan House, London, EC1N 2HS

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Transforming Online Education
Status
pending
Date
16 Jul 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes
Has Options
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
23 Jul 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
79340000
Description
Advertising and marketing services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
80300000
Description
Higher education services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE21
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
92,000,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-08324083
Name
FUTURELEARN LIMITED

Standstill Period

Ends
4 Aug 2026, 23:59

Contract period

Starts
10 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
9 Aug 2031, 23:59
Max Extent Date
10 Aug 2041, 00:59

Renewal

Description
Where the services and commercial offer have evolved or remained similar in scale and or nature, where the requirement continues, where the performance of the services continues to meet our requirements, the University reserves the right to extend this agreement by either one or two consecutive periods of five years. Contract sum is based on the submitted quantitative reply form profile for the 5 year initial period and the subsequent 5 year extension period and an estimation has been calculated for the further 5 year period (based on the profile provided for the first 5 year extension period) to give an estimated calculation for the potential total 15 year contract period.

Options

Description
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid. The partner can increase the scale, number or type of courses to the provision. The scope is anticipated to commence with marketing and admissions services but is scoped to include the delivery of new full, part time and short courses and the provision of micro credentials. For reasons of time, the initial contract is limited to the services related to full courses. It is fully expected that a planned variation will include the addition of stackable and/or micro-credentials. The value of the services related to the delivery of these stackable and microcredentials has not been factored into the potential 5+5+5 year, i.e. fifteen year contract sum cited above.

Related lots

1

Subcontracting

Subcontracts

Entry 1
Id
1
Description
parent company: Global University Services, registered in the Netherlands subcontracting: AIP Companies House registration 10910014

Main Contractors

Entry 1
Id
GB-COH-08324083
Name
FUTURELEARN LIMITED

Documents

Entry 1
Id
069595-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
23 Jul 2026, 11:27
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
7 Aug 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · York · UKE21 · YO10 5DD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 004967-2026Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 011329-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 023942-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 069595-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·