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title: "Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC"
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# Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-for-students-provision-of-support-services-for-trac-ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office for Students: "Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Office for Students](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/office-for-students-gov-pb1253)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKK1
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £530,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/office-for-students-provision-of-support-services-for-trac-ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad`

## 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/office-for-students-provision-of-support-services-for-trac-ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad#tl-md)

## Description
Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) is an activity-based costing system developed for the UK higher education sector and implemented in UK publicly funded higher education institutions. This contract is for the Provision of TRAC technical helpdesk support to UK HE institutions required to submit TRAC returns.  
Maintaining and updating the TRAC guidance and reporting requirements, including taking account of changes to financial accounting standards and meeting stakeholder needs.
Carrying out reviews of the TRAC methodology to improve data quality and utility and meet multiple stakeholder requirements.
Supporting the TRAC Development Group in its oversight of the TRAC system.
Supporting the UK Regulators and Funders, including the use of the TRAC system to inform funding policy for teaching and research, and for informing pricing of research grants and contracts.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=991633956

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

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

  - Supplier(s): **KPMG LLP**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-OC301540`
  - Value: £530,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 10/08/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £530,000
  - Signed Date: 11/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F070568-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-03T16:05:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T13:35:30.641Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad