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Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS) · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) procedure is to assess the viability of a framework agreement for bursary services. Initial thinking includes three potential Lots as follows: Lot 1: Bursary payment services - Where the supplier handles payments to qualifying individuals on behalf of the member organisation. This Lot is likely to have applications to the wider public sector membership, where bursary and hardship payments are made. Lot 2: Credit bursary services - Where the supplier offers a wide range of products that support education (eg. books, equipment, tech) and qualifying individuals are credited with an amount to spend as they require. Lot 3: Bursary management services - Where the supplier offers a service to assess whether or not individuals qualify for bursary payments in line with the policies of member organisations. The expectation is that a resulting framework agreement would be available to all members of the regional consortia that comprise UKUPC (APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, SUPC, TEC, and TUCO). Members sit across the public sector and include Higher Education Institutions, Schools and Colleges, Government Departments, Local Authorities, Charities, Housing Associations, NHS Trusts, and others.

Classification

  • CPV22100000 — Printed books, brochures and leaflets
  • CPV75100000 — Administration services
  • CPV80000000 — Education and training services
  • CPV80300000 — Higher education services
  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value 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
LIB4075 SU
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Apr 2027, 23:59

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planning

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2027, 01:00
Ends
31 Jul 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Jul 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
80000000
Description
Education and training services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
22100000
Description
Printed books, brochures and leaflets
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
75100000
Description
Administration services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
80300000
Description
Higher education services
Entry 5
Scheme
CPV
Id
85000000
Description
Health and social work services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Suppliers are invited to visit the PME via our tendering portal, Mercell: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=108491&TID=100113553&B= This includes the following: 1. PME briefing document (which includes a link to a supplier engagement survey) 2. PDF version of the supplier engagement survey (for reference only) 3. Draft specification, which suppliers are invited to review. Suppliers are welcome to annotate these and return them to SUPC via the Mercell messaging function. Suppliers may also raise clarification queries, which should also be submitted via the Mercell messaging function
Due
30 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
080358-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Aug 2026, 13:32
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS)
Id
GB-PPON-PZZN-4928-CWMD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZZN-4928-CWMD

Address

Street Address
Reading Enterprise Centre, The University of Reading, Whiteknights Road, Earley Gate
Locality
Reading
Postal Code
RG6 6BU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ11

Contact

Name
Gavin Phillips
Telephone
+44 1189357081

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Reading · UKJ11 · RG6 6BU · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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