Published date: 8 September 2016

This notice was replaced on 29 November 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 29 November 2016)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS BLOJEU-CR16092HEFCE

Published date

8 September 2016

Closing date

19 September 2016

Contract start date

26 September 2016

Contract end date

23 December 2016

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

Development of guidance for institutions on providing information in areas relevant to decision-making about undergraduate study.

This specification sets out the requirements for work to develop guidance for providers together with underpinning research and testing to ensure it will provide clear, effective and actionable guidelines for providers and will align with policy objectives relating to student information, including advice provided by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and approaches to the assessment of quality of HE.

To provide the necessary support to providers, we aim to develop a set of guidance which we aim to publish by late 2016. This is with a view to providers implementing changes to their websites by September 2017.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

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About the buyer

Address

North Star Avenue, North Star House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk