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title: "Contract for Impact Evaluation of the OfS APP approach"
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# Contract for Impact Evaluation of the OfS APP approach

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-impact-evaluation-of-the-ofs-app-approach-ocds-h6vhtk-05f318). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office for Students: "Contract for Impact Evaluation of the OfS APP approach". Published status: complete. Published Value: £345,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Office for Students](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/office-for-students-gov-pb1253)
- **Published Value:** £345,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Evaluation consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £334,588 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-impact-evaluation-of-the-ofs-app-approach-ocds-h6vhtk-05f318#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05f318`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-impact-evaluation-of-the-ofs-app-approach-ocds-h6vhtk-05f318#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/contract-for-impact-evaluation-of-the-ofs-app-approach-ocds-h6vhtk-05f318#participate

## Description
The access and participation plan (APP) is the main lever through which the OfS regulates equality of opportunity at the provider level. In the context of higher education, ‘equality of opportunity’ means that individuals are not hampered in accessing and succeeding in higher education as a result of their background or circumstances they cannot fairly influence. An APP is a strategic document that sets out how a provider will reduce the risks to equality of opportunity within their own context.
The OfS wants to evaluate the long-term impact of the OfS’s APP approach and would like to appoint a single supplier to deliver a theory based evaluation. 
The aim of the evaluation is to understand whether the elements of the APP approach are effective in achieving change in provider behaviour and contributing to improving equality of opportunity for higher education students, from its initiation in 2018 to the 2023 reforms.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79419000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £345,000

- **Contract Period:** 09/03/2026 to 30/09/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ECORYS UK LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133077`
  - Value: £334,588 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 24/02/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £334,588
  - Signed Date: 22/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F081649-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-04-08T11:13:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:08:24.266Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05f318