Published date: 29 August 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: 12 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

BS34 8SR

Value of contract

£20,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

554/310/4000

Published date

29 August 2017

Closing date

12 September 2017

Contract start date

18 September 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) wish to place a contract for a principal investigator (PI) to undertake an impact evaluation of the strategic approach and activities of the Evidence and Effective Practice function at OFFA since 2014. This work is time sensitive and will need to be completed by December 2017.

The contract is for:

- a researcher or external evaluator to undertake an evaluation of OFFA's Evidence and Effective Practice function
- the delivery of interim findings to OFFA in a presentation / briefing format at a mid-way point meeting with the contract managers
- a final detailed report of evaluation findings and recommendations for improvements that OFFA can use internally
- a summary report of evaluation findings and recommendations for improvements that OFFA can share externally.

The evaluation will consider the extent to which the activities of OFFA's Evidence and Effective Practice function have successfully met the aims of OFFA's Evidence Strategy.

The evaluation findings and recommendations should support our understanding how and why OFFA's approach and activities affect different key stakeholders, in order to generate insightful and valuable recommendations to improve future effectiveness.

The procurement process will be run by HEFCE procurement.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Claire Forkner

Address

Stoke Gifford
Bristol
South Gloucestershire
BS34 8SR
United Kingdom

Telephone

01179317317

Email

c.forkner@hefce.ac.uk