Office for Students: Contract for services to evaluate the Office for Students regulation of quality

Office for Students is using Delta eSourcing to run this tender exercise

Notice Summary

Title:	Contract for services to evaluate the Office for Students regulation of quality
Notice type:	UK4: Tender 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:	27/06/2025 10:08

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UK-Bristol: Evaluation consultancy services.

Scope

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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https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Evaluation-consultancy-services./Q32FRBY674

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Total value (estimated):

GBP 500,000 excluding VAT GBP 600,000 including VAT

Description

Contract dates (estimated)
10/09/2025 to 09/09/2031
CPV Classifications:
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services.

Contract can be extended:
Yes

Extension Date:
09/09/2033

Delivery regions:
UK UNITED KINGDOM

Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Approach to the project brief / Weighting: 30
Quality criterion - Name: Delivery plan / Weighting: 15
Quality criterion - Name: Project team and relevant experience / Weighting: 25
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Submission

Tender submission deadline: 23/07/2025 Time: 12:00
Submission address and any special instructions: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/Q32FRBY674
An electronic auction will be used: No
Languages that may be used for submission: English, Award decision date (estimated): 21/08/2025

Procedure

Procedure type: Open procedure

Contracting authority

       Office for Students, PYZM-6681-RPZP
       Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8SR, United Kingdom
       Tel. 0117 931 7149, Email: procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk

Organisation type: MINISTRY
Devolved regulations that apply: None