Name: THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATIONLast refreshed 15 Aug 2024

At a glance

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION has awarded £1.5m across 10 suppliers, with 3 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 32% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 18% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration32%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share18%

Pipeline · open now1

Awards · 90 d0

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is a contracting authority, based in UKK13. Tracks 13 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

13

Notices published

12

Awards

10

Suppliers engaged

2021

First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0

12 m spend

£21k

Prior 12 m

-100%

YoY change

£114k

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

›

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

›

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified11 · £1.3m

services2 · £240k

Instrument type

contract7 · £1.0m

call off6 · £472k

Source:Contracts Finder: 11Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 3 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is the contracting authority.

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
Recruitment of a Search Agency to recruit an Independent Director to Chair the QAA Board	NUROLE LTD	80300000	£21k	15 Aug 2024	active
Interim Executive Recruitment	TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED	80300000	£45k	14 May 2024	active
Tender for the Provision of Insurance Brokerage and Associated Services	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED		£240kest.	—	active
Tender for the Provision of Insurance Brokerage and Associated Services	ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED	66510000	£240k	22 Nov 2023	active
QAA Request for Tender - Events Tool	CVENT EUROPE LTD	48100000	£103k	06 Nov 2023	active
The Provision of QAA Board Member Recruitment	Society Limited	80300000	£28k	17 Aug 2023	active
Marketing Tool	—	72212481	£0	—	active
Provision of Recruitment Services for Non-Executive Positions	NOT AWARDED TO SUPPLIER	79600000	£0	01 Jun 2022	active
Award of National Desktop and Notebook Agreement contract	Stone Technologies Limited	30200000	£125k	18 Apr 2023	active
Legal Services Company	SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU LLP	79100000	£180k	10 Jun 2022	active

Showing 1–10 of 12

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1

AJ

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED

2 contracts · 22 Nov

£480kest.

32% of total

—

2

CT

Click Travel Ltd

1 contract · 10 Sept

£450k

30% of total

—

3

SM

SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU LLP

1 contract · 10 Jun

£180k

12% of total

—

4

ST

Stone Technologies Limited

1 contract · SME · 18 Apr

£125k

8% of total

—

5

CE

CVENT EUROPE LTD

1 contract · 06 Nov

£103k

7% of total

—

6

CU

CROWE U.K. LLP

1 contract · 15 Dec

£80k

5% of total

—

7

TH

TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED

1 contract · 14 May

£45k

3% of total

—

8

SL

Society Limited

1 contract · 17 Aug

£28k

2% of total

—

9–10

···

2 other suppliers

long tail · 1 SME

£21k

1% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Support transport services

1 contract

£450k

30%

Business, legal, advisory

3 contracts

£260k

17%

Other

1 contract

£240k

16%

Financial, insurance

1 contract

£240k

16%

Office equipment, IT

1 contract

£125k

8%

Software packages, IT

1 contract

£103k

7%

Education, training

3 contracts

£94k

6%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Support transport services

Business, legal, advisory

Other

Financial, insurance

Office equipment, IT

Software packages, IT

LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods

0

Above tolerance

0

Total value

£0

Novations

0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

18%

SME supplier share
target 33%

2

SME award rows

1

VCSE award rows

10

Distinct suppliers

⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 18% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

Buyer	Type	12 m spend	Top-supplier %	SME %	Mods · 90 d
THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION	self	£24.8bn	14%	24%	12 (3)
Peer A	—	£8.2bn	11%	34%	3 (0)
Peer B	—	£3.2bn	18%	31%	4 (0)
Peer C	—	£1.84bn	9%	42%	0

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type: Contracting authority
Region: UKK13
Companies House: 03344784
Contact: QAA Facilities
Email: facilities@qaa.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

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