Notice Information
Notice Title
Administering the National Student Survey (NSS) and disseminating the survey results
Notice Description
The Office for Students is leading the procurement exercise to appoint a contractor(s) to administer the National Student Survey (NSS) in 2025 and 2026, and to undertake dissemination of NSS 2025 and 2026 results on behalf of the UK funding and regulatory bodies.
Lot Information
Administering the NSS and disseminating the results
Administering the NSS and disseminating the results
Administering the NSS onlyAdministering the NSS only
Disseminating the NSS results onlyDisseminating the NSS results only
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0406e6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010109-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79311000 - Survey services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,468,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £12,936,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,451,477 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Mar 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Oct 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Mar 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Feb 2024 - 31 Mar 2028 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active, Unsuccessful
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OFFICE FOR STUDENTS
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1179317149
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS34 8SR
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
- Delivery Location
- TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- Local Authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Electoral Ward
- Stoke Gifford
- Westminster Constituency
- Filton and Bradley Stoke
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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