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Feasibility Study for UCD Transnational Education Expansion
University College Dublin is seeking a feasibility study to evaluate commercial viability, strategic value, and risk for entering a new priority market in its transnational education expansion, building on its existing TNE operations in China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
Submission deadline: July 09, 2026 (expired)Type: Tender
Digitalisation Consulting, Management Consulting
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University College Dublin is seeking a feasibility study to evaluate commercial viability, strategic value, and risk for entering a new priority market in its transnational education expansion, building on its existing TNE operations in China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
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- Tender
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- University College Dublin ( UCD )
- Published:
- June 18, 2026
- Deadline:
- July 09, 2026
- Topic:
- Digitalisation Consulting
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University College Dublin is seeking a feasibility study to evaluate commercial viability, strategic value, and risk for entering a new priority market in its transnational education expansion, building on its existing TNE operations in China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
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All solutions and services delivered under this contract must comply with all applicable data protection legislation in force within the jurisdictions of delivery, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) as implemented in the Republic of Ireland, and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) together with the Data Protection Act 2018. The Contractor shall ensure that its solution remains fully compliant with these statutory requirements at all times throughout the term of the contract. This contract will also be available for use by SUMIT Core Partners; Queen’s University Belfast, Trinity College Dublin, University of St Andrews, Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and Associate Partners; Alcohol Forum Ireland, Developing Healthy Communities NI, Dundalk Institute of Technology, North Eastern Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force (NE-RDATF), NHS Fife, Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA), Start360 and The Wheel. Any subsequent contracts awarded from this tender will also be available for use by Health Service Executive (HSE), Department of Health, Northern Ireland, NHS Public Services Delivery Scotland, Scottish health boards and special health boards, Scotland Excel, Scotland Excel's members and associate members as listed: https://home.scotland-excel.org.uk/about-us/our-members/?filter_2213. The aforementioned are participating authorities only and there is no commitment to take up any services and it does not confer any exclusivity to any supplier or contract awarded under this tender. A contract notice will also be published on Public Scotland Contracts (PCS) 09/06/2026 (https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk) (https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544117). Information will be posted on PCS to confirm a contract notice has been published on OJEU. NOTE: The open tender will be published on Public Contracts Scotland-Tender 09/06/2026 (https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html) and you must register to access the tender documents and submit a tender. Please note PCS-T is the only place where tender documents are available and tenders can be submitted. Please visit the PCS-Tender website to express your interest in this Notice and access the tender documentation. Please search for Project Code project_32023 - SUMIT Project - Provision of Digital Products under ITTs Open to All Suppliers and use the Search/Filter function, then the Project Code from the dropdown list. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the ITT it will move to your My ITTs area. If you have already registered on Public Contracts Scotland and PCS-Tender and paired your accounts you can access PCS-Tender through your Public Contracts Scotland Control Panel. 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