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title: "Office for Students - Contract for evaluation case studies for revised condition B3"
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# Office for Students - Contract for evaluation case studies for revised condition B3

Buyer: OFFICE FOR STUDENTS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a0c94956-2555-498a-a14f-f9afd89274c7

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## Summary

The Office for Students has recently awarded a contract for evaluation case studies related to their revised condition B3. The procurement process was initiated using an open procedure, and the contract is valued at £122,962.43 GBP. The contract period spans from July 28, 2023, to May 31, 2024. The Office for Students is located in Bristol, United Kingdom, and the procurement falls under the services category.

This tender by the Office for Students presents an opportunity for consultancy firms specialising in evaluation services to participate and undertake impact evaluation activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are well-suited to compete for this contract. Businesses interested in providing evidence-based behaviour change analyses should consider engaging with the Office for Students as they evaluate the impacts of their revised regulatory condition.

## Notice

The Office for Students (OfS) is the regulator of higher education in England. The OfS has implemented a revised approach to regulating student outcomes, known as revised condition B3, which came into operation from October 3, 2022. As part of a wider programme of activity to evaluate the introduction of the revised condition, the OfS is seeking a supplier to conduct an impact evaluation of the condition in six providers. These six cases each look to uncover and explain the impact of the revised condition in the respective providers in terms of behaviour change, with robust evidence for the causal pathways and the ruling out of alternative explanations.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52f29d05-2e22-4ebb-a185-eb6b0cfcffde |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Aug 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Jul 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | 27 Jul 2023 - 31 May 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £122,962 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £122,962 |
| 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 | OFFICE FOR STUDENTS |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| 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 | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SHIFT INSIGHT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

## Release History

- 2 Aug 2023 at 14:50 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52f29d05-2e22-4ebb-a185-eb6b0cfcffde

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/52f29d05-2e22-4ebb-a185-eb6b0cfcffde
  2nd August 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=799847244
  Please follow this link to view the notice.

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