Office for Students: Framework for Polling and Opinion Research Services
Office for StudentsEstimated Value
£200,000 – £1,000,000
Deadline
Not specified
Published
21 March 2025
Type
services
Overview
This tender sets out the specification requirements for Contractor(s) to join a framework for delivering the Office for Students (OfS) polling and opinion research requirements. The tender is divided into 3 Lots.
Lot 3 is for evaluation projects. The OfS is seeking to procure capacity to undertake the following activities with our stakeholders: -Opinion polling -Other forms of opinion research (e.g., qualitative interviews, focus groups, cognitive interviewing) Suppliers bidding for Lot 1 must be able to demonstrate their ability to reach the following populations: Students including: applicants, undergraduates, postgraduates and recent graduates (within the last 3 years) Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/HV9935T4F5
The OfS is seeking to procure capacity to undertake the following activities with our stakeholders: -Opinion polling -Other forms of opinion research (e.g., qualitative interviews, focus groups, cognitive interviewing) Suppliers bidding for Lot 2 must be able to demonstrate their ability to reach the following populations: oUniversity and college leaders and staff oRepresentative bodies oTeachers oCareers advisors oParents of applicants and current students oEmployers Additional information: To apply for Lot 2 please respond via this link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/XJJ93T66JR Lot 3 will be used to commission services to support the OfS’s evaluation work.
Lots (2)
- Lot 1Students
- Lot 2Education Sector and other stakeholders
Eligibility & compliance
For this, suppliers need to have good understanding and experience of evaluation work to enable them to tailor their research accordingly, conduct analysis against evaluation questions, and form evaluative judgements as appropriate.
Additional details
The OfS uses Evaluation work to understand the delivery and impact of its regulations and programmes, to be able to assess, learn from and improve the effectiveness of its work. For these types of evaluation commissions, the OfS will usually lead on the development of overarching evaluation questions, a plan and theory of change, and suppliers will co-develop the interview/survey questions. Additional information: To apply for Lot 3 please respond via this link :https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R387M6A5N3
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Award Details
Shift Insight Ltd
£1,000,000
Savanta Group Ltd
£1,000,000
IFF Research Ltd
£1,000,000
YouGov PLC
£1,000,000
Public First Limited
£1,000,000
Thinks Insight & Strategy (Britain Thinks) Ltd
£1,000,000
Alma Economics
£1,000,000
Advance HE
£1,000,000
York Consulting LLP
£1,000,000
Technopolis Ltd
£1,000,000
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Published
21 March 2025
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