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

Office for Students

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Office for Students

Buyer Address: Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UKK12, BS34 8SR, United Kingdom

Contact Email: procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk

Contact Telephone: 0117 931 7149

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
500000.0 GBP
Published
22 Aug 2025, 09:05
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
09 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
09 Sep 2031, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Ecorys UK Ltd
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

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. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=975352321

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot 1 Status: complete

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