Contract for services to evaluate the Office for Students regulation of quality
Awarded to Ecorys UK Ltd
Office for Students(buyer)
- Published
- Published 27 June 2025
- Deadline
- Closed 23 July 2025
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Overview
Contracting authority
- Office for StudentsBuyer
11 awarded contracts
Bristol, United Kingdom
GB-PPON: PYZM-6681-RPZP
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Key details
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- In delivery
- Category
- Services
- Estimated value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Rules
- Procurement Act 2023
- SME suitable
- Yes
- Published
- 27 June 2025
- Deadline
- Closed
Award outcome
- Awarded value
- £500,000
- Award date
- 20 August 2025
- Contract period
- 9 September 2025 → 9 September 2031
- Contract length
- 6 years
- Could run to
- 9 September 2033
- Bids received
- 7
- Ecorys UK Ltd
This contract ends on 9 September 2031, or 9 September 2033 if every extension is used.
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About the winner
Ecorys UK Ltd
- Based in
- Birmingham
- Public contracts won
- 74
- Across UK and EU notices
1 other contract from Office for Students since 2025, worth £334,588.
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Competition and scoring
Bids received
7
5 from SMEs
Open and restricted tenders in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 21% received only one.
How bids were scored
Price 20% · Quality 80%
- Price20%
- Approach to the project brief30%
- Delivery plan15%
- Project team and relevant experience25%
- Social Value10%
Price and cost criteria in black, quality in blue.
Market context
Typical award in Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
£73,982
Median of 18,935 awards in the last 24 months
This award is 6.8× the median.
Office for Students in the last 12 months
9
contracts awarded, worth £4,810,794 in total
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Notice history
Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.
Contract
9 October 2025
Contract
22 August 2025
Contract Notice
27 June 2025
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