Published date: 27 October 2017

Last edited date: 27 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 16 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

BS34 8SR

Value of contract

£20,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

565/310/4000

Published date

27 October 2017

Closing date

16 November 2017

Contract start date

27 November 2017

Contract end date

29 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Part-time students are a highly diverse group with a significant role in widening participation; the vast majority are mature students (92% in 2011-12), 44% are the first in their family to enter higher education and 29% are from low income groups (Callender 2011). The recent sharp decline in part-time study (down by 61% since 2010-11 (HEFCE 2017)) therefore has potentially serious implications for the fair access to higher education of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups.

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) wish to place a contract for a principal investigator (PI) to undertake a small scale mixed methods research project to investigate current part-time provision in higher education in England. Please refer to the ITT for detailed description of scope of works.

More information

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Additional text

OFFA is using the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE's) e-tendering system for this process. Tenders should be uploaded to HEFCE's e-tendering system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hefce/ by 12 noon on Friday 17 November 2017. Any inquiries about this tender should also be uploaded to the system and cannot be directed to any individual. Responses to any such query will be made available to all bidders through this system to ensure that there is an open and equitable process.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Carrie Pearson

Address

Stoke Gifford
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
BS34 8SR
United Kingdom

Telephone

01179317289

Email

c.pearson@hefce.ac.uk