Student Recruitment and Engagement Services in North America on behalf of University College Cork
University College Cork
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 UCCโs academic, research and institutional engagement activities in North America.
DeadlineDeadline 2026-11-20
Who? What?- โข Administrative services of agencies โบ Administrative educational services
- โข Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security โบ Recruitment services
- โข Education and training services โบ Adult and other education services
- โข Higher education services โบ Special education services
- โข Other community, social and personal services โบ Services provided by extra-territorial organisations and bodies
- โข Aฯฯฮนฮบฮฎ โบ ฮฯฯฮตฮนฮฟฯ ฮคฮฟฮผฮญฮฑฯ ฮฮธฮทฮฝฯฮฝ
- โข Eastern and Midland โบ Dublin
- โข Southern โบ South-West
Procurement history
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | Contract notice |
Contract notice (2026-10-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Student Recruitment and Engagement Services in North America on behalf of University College Cork
Short description:
Type of contract: Services
Products/services: Higher education services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 100 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Description
Internal identifier:
Additional products/services:
Main site or place of performance: Can be performed in Canada
Country: United States ๐บ๐ธ
Duration: 5 years
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach to Recruitment Growth
Proposed Contract Resourcing Model
: Market Insight, Strategic Value & Partnership Development
Innovation, Sustainability & Responsible Recruitment
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost/Fees
Title
Lot Identification Number:
Description
Main site or place of performance: Also can be performed in Canada
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-11-20 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-11-20 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9364746
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-11-20 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9364746
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-11-12 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Cork
National registration number:
Postal address: University College Cork, 6 Elderwood, College Road
Postal code: T12 VH39
Postal town: Cork
Region: South-West ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@ucc.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 21 4903514 ๐
URL: https://www.ucc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ucc.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9364746 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9364746 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 208-742016 (2026-10-23)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Student Recruitment and Engagement Services in North America on behalf of University College Cork
Short description:
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 UCCโs academic, research and institutional engagement activities in North America.
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Products/services: Higher education services ๐ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 2 100 000 EUR ๐ฐ
Other restrictions on the place of performance: Anywhere in the European Economic Area
Description
Internal identifier:
0
Additional products/services:
Country: United States ๐บ๐ธ
Duration: 5 years
Award criteria
Quality criterion (name): Approach to Recruitment Growth
Proposed Contract Resourcing Model
: Market Insight, Strategic Value & Partnership Development
Innovation, Sustainability & Responsible Recruitment
Cost criterion (name): Ultimate Cost/Fees
Title
Lot Identification Number:
LOT-0001
Description
Main site or place of performance: Also can be performed in Canada
Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โ
Legal basis: Directive 2014/24/EU
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2026-11-20 12:00:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2026-11-20 12:30:00 ๐
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9364746
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐ฃ๏ธ
Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender: 12 months
Tendering terms
Tenderers may submit more than one tender
Opening date: 2026-11-20 12:30:00 ๐
Place: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=9364746
Electronic invoicing: Required
Electronic ordering will be used โ
Electronic payment will be used โ
Deadline for requesting additional information: 2026-11-12 12:00:00 ๐
Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: University College Cork
National registration number:
IE0006286E
Postal address: University College Cork, 6 Elderwood, College Road
Postal code: T12 VH39
Postal town: Cork
Region: South-West ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: procurement@ucc.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 21 4903514 ๐
URL: https://www.ucc.ie ๐
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ucc.ie ๐
Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
Main activity
Education
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=9364746 ๐
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/viewTenders.do?resourceId=9364746 ๐
Electronic submission: Required
Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number:
The High Court of Ireland
Department: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Region: Dublin ๐๏ธ
Country: Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐
Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Same as: Review body
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2026/S 208-742016 (2026-10-23)
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