Published date: 19 February 2019

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: 5 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

    • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Technical and vocational secondary education services - 80210000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£40,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

MT214868

Published date

19 February 2019

Closing date

5 March 2019

Contract start date

11 March 2019

Contract end date

8 May 2019

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Ofqual seek to appoint a Contractor to undertake a research study focusing on drivers of choice for vocational and technical qualifications (VTQ'ss) and to provide a statistically representative evidence base around:
1. The reasons centres choose to offer the Vocational and
Technical Qualifications that they do for 16-19 year olds
2. The reasons centres choose particular Awarding Organisations
for those VTQ's.
Ofqual are interested in understanding what the most important factors are and how they are weighted; and whether they differ by type of learner/type of provider/deprivation index of area.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Nasir Makda

Address

Earlsdon Park
53-55 Butts Rd
Coventry
CV1 3BH
England

Telephone

+44 2476716830

Email

nasir.makda@ofqual.gov.uk

Website

http://ofqual.gov.uk