Office for Students has published this notice through Delta eSourcing
| Notice Summary |
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| Title: | Contract for services to evaluate the Office for Students regulation of quality |
| Notice type: | UK6: Contract award notice |
| Authority: | Office for Students |
| Nature of contract: | Services |
| Procedure: | Above threshold - Open procedure |
| Short Description: | The Office for Students (OfS) is embarking on evaluating our approach to regulating and driving up quality. As part of a wider programme of evaluation activity, the OfS requires a contract with a single supplier to deliver evaluation services on a call-off basis. To establish a baseline, an initial piece of work will involve provider case studies and a provider survey. The case studies will give a deep exploration of providers’ understanding and engagement with the OfS’s current approach to regulating quality. The survey will expand on the case studies with a broad and representative understanding of the same issues. To understand the effect of changes to our current approach, we anticipate that there will be future work orders for further rounds of case studies, further repeated rounds of the survey, and other primary data collection may also be required. |
| Published: | 22/08/2025 09:42 |
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Description: The Office for Students (OfS) is embarking on evaluating our approach to regulating and driving up quality. As part of a wider programme of evaluation activity, the OfS requires a contract with a single supplier to deliver evaluation services on a call-off basis. To establish a baseline, an initial piece of work will involve provider case studies and a provider survey. The case studies will give a deep exploration of providers’ understanding and engagement with the OfS’s current approach to regulating quality. The survey will expand on the case studies with a broad and representative understanding of the same issues.
To understand the effect of changes to our current approach, we anticipate that there will be future work orders for further rounds of case studies, further repeated rounds of the survey, and other primary data collection may also be required.
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Total value (estimated):
GBP 500,000 excluding VAT GBP 600,000 including VAT
Contract Details
Contract 1
Contract value: GBP 600,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold: No
Award decision date: 21/08/2025
Earliest date the contract will be signed: 05/09/2025
Contract dates (estimated): 10/09/2025 to 09/09/2031
Main procurement category: SERVICES
CPV classifications:
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services.
Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure