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title: "Understanding effective evaluation of the impact of outreach interventions on access to higher education. Phase 2 - AWARD"
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# Understanding effective evaluation of the impact of outreach interventions on access to higher education. Phase 2 - AWARD

Buyer: HEFCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5686d327-90ac-4440-90ad-7f8edc2ce5ca

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## Summary

The Office for Fair Access (OFFA), in partnership with the Department for Education and The Sutton Trust, has awarded a contract for the project titled "Understanding effective evaluation of the impact of outreach interventions on access to higher education. Phase 2." The procurement stage is currently complete, with the award date on the 16th of August, 2017. This project, which falls under the industry category of Research and Development Services (CPV code: 73000000), aims to create standards for evaluating outreach interventions from August 2017 to September 2018. The contract value is £70,000, and it involves the University of Exeter in providing research consultancy services with delivery addresses including the UK and overseas territories.

This tender represents an excellent opportunity for research consultancy firms focused on education and outreach initiatives, especially those with experience in evaluating academic interventions. Companies specialised in developing transferable evaluation practices and methodologies will find this contract particularly relevant, as it seeks to enhance the understanding of outreach impacts on disadvantaged students aspiring to access higher education. Firms that can demonstrate expertise in educational research and quantitative evaluation techniques will be well-positioned to contribute significantly to this important project.

## Notice

In August 2016 OFFA commissioned a team of researchers at the University of Warwick to investigate how institutions evaluate their outreach schemes. Their research forms part of a two phase, multi-year project to tackle the complex and challenging question of what constitutes effective evaluation of outreach. This is important because establishing the best ways to evaluate different interventions can contribute to the development of more impactful outreach to support disadvantaged young people to access and fully participate in higher education in England. The Office for Fair Access (OFFA), in partnership with the Department for Education and The Sutton Trust, wish to place a contract for a principal investigator (PI) to coordinate and lead the pilot testing of proposed standards for evaluation practice developed by the University of Warwick in phase one of the project. These standards will underpin different evaluation approaches across a range of outreach interventions to encourage disadvantaged young people to enter and succeed in university. This will lead to a set of useable and transferable standards of evaluation practice, guidance about different approaches to evaluation and evidence about which type of outreach interventions can have the greatest impact in different geographic and institutional settings. This will enable universities to improve their understanding and evaluation of the impact of outreach on access to higher education for people from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds. The contract is for phase two of the project, to run from August 2017 to September 2018. This tender is being run by HEFCE on behalf of OFFA.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/407fffba-8c9a-46fa-81bc-852b666b0e6f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Oct 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Jul 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Aug 2017 |
| Contract period | 13 Aug 2017 - 30 Sep 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £70,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | HEFCE |
| Locality | SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS34 8SR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire |
| Local authority | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Gifford |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EXETER UNIVERSITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services

## Release History

- 17 Oct 2017 at 14:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/407fffba-8c9a-46fa-81bc-852b666b0e6f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/407fffba-8c9a-46fa-81bc-852b666b0e6f
  17th October 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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