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Student Recruitment and Engagement Services in North America on behalf of University College Cork
Your path to submission
- Deadline: 20 November at 12:00 — 19 days left.
- You submit on eTenders Ireland — not here and not by e-mail. ↗
- Offer and evidence in: English.
- Collect your evidence — use the eligibility analysis on this page: it lists the requirements and, for known certificates, how to get them.
What the buyer is looking for
University College Cork is seeking to engage a service provider to help accelerate its growth in Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Visiting students from North America through in market presence, strategic insight, and end-to-end recruitment execution, while strengthening brand presence and institutional partnerships in the region. While student recruitment will remain the principal purpose of the Services, the successful Tenderer may also be required, from time to time, to provide reasonable in-market support for UCC’s academic, research and institutional engagement activities in North America.
Contract
Type of service
Clement What the numbers say about this buyer
- In this sector the buyer awards roughly every 4 months (35 awards, most recently October 2026) — the next award is due around February 2027 by that rhythm. The last award went to NoteTaking Solutions Ltd.n = 35
- The median procedure drew 3 bids (668 procedures with a bid count); 25% ended with a single bidder. Sector: median 7 bids.n = 668
- 28% of this buyer's awards went to companies that had already won here before (731 awards since 2013, spread over 518 companies). 72% went to new names.n = 731 awards since 2013
- 17% of awards went to companies from abroad (731 awards with a known winner country). Sector average: 4%.n = 731
- The award came in at a median 95% of the estimated value (13 awards with both estimate and value) — pricing at the estimate is usually too high here. Sector: 80%.n = 13
From this buyer's documented awards; comparison values from the same sector and country. Not a forecast, not legal advice. As of 01/11/2026.
Selection criteria — in the procurement documents
The buyer states in the notice that the selection criteria are in the procurement documents (link on this page), not in the EU form. The document analysis below extracts them from there — bid and evidence in English.
Eligibility analysis from the tender documents
Tender documents — direct download
Who has won at this buyer so far
Across all contract types of this buyer — not just this sector. A city buys software and fire engines through the same purchasing office.
| Company | Awards | Period |
|---|---|---|
| NOVOGENE (UK) COMPANY LIMITED | 11 | 2018–2026 |
| GENEWIZ GERMANY GMBH | 9 | 2021–2026 |
| Donworth and Company | 8 | 2015–2019 |
| O'Brien Office Systems | 7 | 2015–2019 |
| Particular Sciences Limited | 6 | 2014–2022 |
How often this buyer tenders this kind of work
Tactics
When this buyer has awarded in this sector, usually about 4 bids came in. A normal field for this market. (Based on 35 completed awards — not a statement about this procedure.)
This procedure allows 25 days between publication and deadline — typical in this country is 31 (median of 876 procedures). Much tighter than usual: the first week counts.
Foreign bidders
In Ireland · Education & training, 82 contracts went to foreign companies over the last 3 years (of 2,429 recorded awards) — mostly from United Kingdom, France, Germany.
Submission language: English.
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