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title: "Research and recommendations on collaborative outreach"
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# Research and recommendations on collaborative outreach

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-and-recommendations-on-collaborative-outreach-ocds-h6vhtk-05516e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Office for Students: "Research and recommendations on collaborative outreach". Published status: complete. Published Value: £33,333. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST. 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:** £33,333 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 July 2025 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Evaluation consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £26,050 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-and-recommendations-on-collaborative-outreach-ocds-h6vhtk-05516e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05516e`

## 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/research-and-recommendations-on-collaborative-outreach-ocds-h6vhtk-05516e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2F3847TPJ426.)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/research-and-recommendations-on-collaborative-outreach-ocds-h6vhtk-05516e#participate

## Description
The final output from this contract will be a report delivering recommendations for the OfS to consider in policy and programme design for the reformed collaborative outreach programme succeeding Uni Connect.
To view this notice, please click here: 
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=979539907

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79419000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £33,333

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 01/12/2025
- **Renewal published:** yes

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

  - Supplier(s): **Opcit Research Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-160397`
  - Value: £26,050 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £26,050
  - Signed Date: 04/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034277-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-11T09:05:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T18:12:08.963Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05516e