Global Foundation College

Concepts

• global foundation college
• edinburgh
• higher education
• suite of educational foundation programmes
• delivery of the educational foundation programmes
• current university channels
• complement university
• international student support
• university
• education and training

Location

Description

The University wishes to develop a partnership with a suitably qualified and experienced organization to provide the recruitment, marketing, sales and admissions activities, with international student support, for a suite of educational foundation programmes for international students intending to progress onto the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the UK, Dubai and Malaysia campuses.

Total Quantity or Scope

The University is seeking a partner that will deliver the following services: - Marketing – in partnership with current university channels - Sales/Recruitment - in partnership with in-house teams for domestic recruitment - Admissions – working to complement university existing systems and processes - International Student Support – e.g., Counselling, Pastoral, Academic Support - Support for University services for CAS issuing and UKVI compliance The University will be responsible for all Academic development and delivery of the educational foundation programmes. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this exercise if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

CPV Codes

• 80300000 - Higher education services
• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Staff qualifications are relevant.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** - Economic operators may be excluded from this exercise if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. - Tenderers will be asked to confirm that they will be in a position to submit the following forms prior to contract award in Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender. These forms are for information only: Form of Tender; Bona Fide Tender; Freedom of Information; Supply Chain Code of Conduct; Parent Company Guarantee (if appl) - The Successful Contractor will be required to provide three years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. - The Successful Contractor must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. - Performance conditions may relate to social & environmental considerations i.e., training; recruitment; subcontracting opportunities. Further details will be included in the Stage 2 documents. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 5700. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: Sub-contracting will not be applicable for this agreement. The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: There is limited scope for mandated Community Benefit within this contract, however, the tender does encourage suppliers to consider Community Benefits and Added Value as part of their response to the Technical Questions in Stage 2 - ITT. (SC Ref:674107)