Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of support services for TRAC and understanding academic and financial sustainability of the UK higher education sector
Notice Description
The Office for Students, on behalf of the UK wide Regulators and Funders Financial Sustainability Group (RFG) is seeking to identify a contractor capable of delivering support services to the Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) Development Group (TDG) and UK higher education sector stakeholders (including UK higher education funding and regulatory bodies) and providing a central support function for TRAC. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Financial-management-consultancy-services./K5ZCF4H3BU To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/K5ZCF4H3BU
Planning Information
See the questionnaire hosted in Delta. The OfS is interested in suppliers views on the proposed up coming procurement process, to put in place a contract for the provision of support services for TRAC and understanding academic and financial sustainability of the UK higher education sector. Suppliers are asked to complete the questionnaire and return it by Friday 27 March.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066777
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021888-2026
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,083,333 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Mar 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Apr 20262 months to go
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 14 Sep 2026 - 14 Sep 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Planning
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OFFICE FOR STUDENTS
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
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
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021888-2026
11th March 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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