DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION · Awarded contract
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Delivery of Student Finance Tour 2017 for the Department for Education

Awarded 18 Sep 2017

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Awarded18 Sep 2017
Value£465,943.00
SupplierEvent Marketing Solutions Ltd
AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryEducation & Training
Ended 8y 9mo ago4mo term
Awarded 18 Sept 2017Expired 31 Jan 2018

About

The Department for Education awarded a contract to Event Marketing Solutions Ltd for the delivery of the Student Finance Tour 2017, a seven-week programme of presentations at schools, sixth forms, and colleges across England.

The tour aimed to provide 16-18 year olds and their parents/carers with facts about higher education student finance and inspire consideration of higher education.

Running from 30 October to 15 December 2017, the tour targeted approximately 96,000 attendees (84,000 pupils and 12,000 parents) across 1,330 events.

Event Marketing Solutions Ltd managed all aspects, including hiring and managing a team of about 30 graduate presenters, designing and printing materials, arranging bookings with schools, handling logistics (van hire, IT equipment, mobile phones, hotel bookings), administering questionnaires, providing weekly progress updates to the Department for Education, and delivering a summary report with cleansed datasets and analysis.

The contract value was £465,943.

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