Provision of support services for TRAC and understanding academic and financial sustainability of the UK higher education sector
Office for StudentscontractFind a Tender ↗Ref ocds-h6vhtk-066777Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableactive
Estimated value
£2.1m
services
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
0 awarded
Published
07 May 2026
Deadline 03 Jun 2026
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.
Scope
- Reference
- PRN2511
- Total value
- £2,083,333.33 excluding VAT£2,500,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 19 Jul 2026 to 14 Sept 2028Possible extension to 14 Sept 2030
Extension for a further 2 years.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79412000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | — | price | 24.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 76.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Submission deadline
- 03 Jun 2026, 10:00 am
- Submission address
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A4WD538S5Q ↗
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Open procedure