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Buyer profile

Office for Students

central_govSouth WestenglandGB

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Total contracts

150

Known spend

£3bn

131 disclosed

Average value

£19m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

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Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    KPMG LLP

    2 winslatest 20 Jul 2026CH OC301540

    £3m

  2. 2

    PUBLIC FIRST LIMITED

    2 winslatest 06 Jun 2025CH 10149826

    £1m

  3. 3

    Advance HE

    2 winslatest 06 Aug 2026

    £1m

  4. 4

    Ecorys UK Ltd

    2 winslatest 24 Feb 2026CH 01650169

    £834,588

  5. 5

    PA Consulting Services Ltd

    2 winslatest 11 Sept 2026

    £260,500

  6. 6

    Shift Insight Ltd

    1 winlatest 21 Mar 2025

    £1m

  7. 7

    Savanta Group Ltd

    1 winlatest 21 Mar 2025

    £1m

  8. 8

    IFF Research Ltd

    1 winlatest 21 Mar 2025

    £1m

  9. 9

    YouGov PLC

    1 winlatest 21 Mar 2025

    £1m

  10. 10

    Thinks Insight & Strategy (Britain Thinks) Ltd

    1 winlatest 21 Mar 2025

    £1m

What they buy

By CPV category
  • Business servicesCPV 79

    42 contracts · £16m

  • R&D servicesCPV 73

    29 contracts · £2m

  • IT servicesCPV 72

    10 contracts · £2m

  • SoftwareCPV 48

    10 contracts · £242,091

  • Education & trainingCPV 80

    9 contracts · £5m

  • Architectural & engineeringCPV 71

    5 contracts · £3bn

  • Sewage, refuse & cleaningCPV 90

    3 contracts · £586,000

  • Agricultural servicesCPV 77

    3 contracts · £106,750

Tender activity

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All contracts (150)

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ocds-h6vhtk-06a7f0 · award

Legal services

Office for Students
South West

Provision of legal services to the Office for Students

££104,167 — £937,500
⏱ 1 Jul 2026
Posted · 1w agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-066777 · award

Provision of support services for TRAC and understanding academic and financial sustainability of the UK higher education sector

Office for Students
South West

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 serv

£Up to £2,083,333
⏱ 3 Jun 2026
Posted · 3w agoView details →
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253c1591-e2d6-4b1e-a254-944301d6cd14 · Contract

Gb-bristol: services to support organisation design

Office for Students
servicesAny region

This contract is for consultancy services to help a Bristol public organisation design and improve its organisational structure.

££214,500
⏱ 14 Sept 2026
Posted · 3w agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06f54f · tender

Office for students: bristol office cleaning

Office for Students
South West

The requirement is for a Single Contractor to provide a cleaning service that maintains a safe, comfortable and hygienic environment for the OfS’s staff and visitors for the Bristo

£Up to £333,333
⏱ 7 Oct 2026
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06dd8f · award

Sector AI report

Office for Students
South West

Sector AI Report collaboration between Office for Students and Advance HE

£Up to £1
Posted · 2mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06bfd0 · tender

Hard FM services

Office for Students
South West

The requirement is for the provision of a comprehensive Hard FM service to ensure that our Bristol office remains safe, fully operational and compliant with statutory, regulatory a

£Up to £625,000
⏱ 4 Sept 2026
Posted · 2mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-056a3b · award

Office for students: contract for fit and proper (FPP) checks

Office for Students
South West

When providers of higher education in England apply to register with the Office for Students, the registration team conduct FPP checks on key individuals as part of the initial reg

£Up to £108,600
⏱ 26 Aug 2025
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0667b2 · award

Equality of opportunity risk register research and recommendations

Office for Students
South West

The desired outcome for this project is an internal OfS facing document providing informed recommendations on updates to the Equality of Opportunity Risk Register (EORR) including

£Up to £32,605
⏱ 15 Apr 2026
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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51b69797-0e1a-47a6-9129-db767af437eb · Contract

Gb-bristol: office for students - provision of water

Office for Students
servicesSouth West

Provision of Water and Sewerage services

££16,000
⏱ 1 Oct 2025
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06880d · award

Eprocurement system

Office for Students
South West

eProcurement System for tendering and contract management

£Up to £53,000
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f318 · award

Contract for impact evaluation of the ofs APP approach

Office for Students
South West

The access and participation plan (APP) is the main lever through which the OfS regulates equality of opportunity at the provider level. In the context of higher education, ‘equali

£Up to £334,588
⏱ 21 Jan 2026
Posted · 6mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05fec8 · award

AI project delivery & development

Office for Students
South West

The Data team in the Office for Students works as an enabler to the whole organisation providing insight and data as well as collecting and assuring data from higher education prov

£Up to £657,000
⏱ 28 Jan 2026
Posted · 7mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05feb8 · planning

AI project delivery & development

Office for Students
South West

The Data team in the Office for Students works as an enabler to the whole organisation providing insight and data as well as collecting and assuring data from higher education prov

£Up to £833,333
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05ef0b · award

Efficiency and value for money consultancy

Office for Students
South West

Efficiency and Value for Money Consultancy services To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=995970073

£Up to £48,000
Posted · 10mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad · award

Office for students: provision of support services for TRAC

Office for Students
South West

Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) is an activity-based costing system developed for the UK higher education sector and implemented in UK publicly funded higher education insti

£Up to £530,000
Posted · 11mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-056764 · award

Office for students: mental health awareness training

Office for Students
South West

The OfS regularly visits higher education providers in England and has carried out over 150 provider visits since 2023. The visits typically involve investigations, assessment and

£Up to £30,000
⏱ 29 Aug 2025
Posted · 11mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-055504 · award

Contract for services to evaluate the office for students regulation of quality

Office for Students
South West

The Office for Students (OfS) is embarking on evaluating our approach to regulating and driving up quality. As part of a wider programme of evaluation activity, the OfS requires a

£Up to £500,000
⏱ 23 Jul 2025
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05a11e · award

Social listening tool

Office for Students
South West

Social Media Listening Tool To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=982380814

£Up to £27,000
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05516e · award

Research and recommendations on collaborative outreach

Office for Students
South West

The final output from this contract will be a report delivering recommendations for the OfS to consider in policy and programme design for the reformed collaborative outreach progr

£Up to £30,540
⏱ 31 Jul 2025
Posted · 13mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-059194 · award

Litigation support

Office for Students
South West

Litigation support, reviewing documents To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=977201355

£Up to £20,000
Posted · 13mo agoView details →
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