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title: "Degree apprenticeship funding competition evaluation"
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# Degree apprenticeship funding competition evaluation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/degree-apprenticeship-funding-competition-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-042249). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office for Students: "Degree apprenticeship funding competition evaluation". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jan 2024, 09:00 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:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 January 2024 at 09:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Evaluation consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £324,953 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042249`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/degree-apprenticeship-funding-competition-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-042249#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Ftenders%2FUK-UK-Bristol%3A-Evaluation-consultancy-services.%2FPM75U73D36)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/degree-apprenticeship-funding-competition-evaluation-ocds-h6vhtk-042249#participate

## Description
The Office for Students are seeking an evaluator to design and deliver an evaluation of the degree apprenticeships funding competition to understand the impact and effectiveness of the funding and how it is contributing to delivering the funding’s strategic aims, as well as meeting the OfS’ regulatory objectives.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Description:** The Office for Students are seeking an evaluator to design and deliver an evaluation of the degree apprenticeships funding competition to understand the impact and effectiveness of the funding and how it is contributing to delivering the funding’s st...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 016894-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Ipsos (Market Research) Limited t/a/ Ipsos UK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-104723`
  - Value: £324,953 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 016894-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £324,953
  - Signed Date: 08/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016894-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-30T13:05:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T09:28:07.079Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042249