Published date: 17 October 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

Location of contract

BS34 8SR

Value of contract

£15,000 to £20,000

Procurement reference

473/310/4000 - AWARD

Published date

17 October 2017

Closing date

5 September 2016

Contract start date

3 October 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Please note: This is an OFFA tender opportunity for which the process is run by HEFCE.

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA) wishes to place a contract for a principal investigator (PI) to develop a methodology that can be used by institutions to improve understanding and evaluation of the impact of outreach on disadvantaged mature learners with low or no prior qualifications. The contract is for:
September 2016 to March 2017: the development and publication of transferable qualitative and quantitative evaluation methodologies.
The project aims to understand how institutions can robustly evaluate the impact of outreach delivered to disadvantaged adult learners on their behaviour and attitudes.

Award information

Awarded date

3 October 2016

Contract start date

3 October 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Open University

Address

Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, MK7 6AA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

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