Invitations to tender

HEFCE

Current invitations to tender

• Conducting a survey to assess the levels of public support in England, [or England and Wales] for higher education and awareness of its benefits to individuals, the economy and society (Invite only)

  Deadline:

  12 March 2010

• HE Collaborations, alliances and mergers project (MS Word 49K)

  Deadline:

  22 March 2010

• Survey of undergraduate students in the UK (MS Word 394K) (This tender is also being advertised in the Official Journal of the European Union)

  Deadline:

  6 April 2010

Completed tenders

• Evaluation of HEFCE's Leadership, Governance and Management Fund (MS Word 63K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Procurement of a Web Content Management System (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Enhancing and developing the National Student Survey (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Participation in a framework agreement to deliver internal audit, assurance, charity regulation, and related consultancy work to HEFCE (MS Word 233K)

  Awarded to:

  Duke & Jordan Ltd, Daedalus e-World, HE-Shared Services, DeltaSigma Consulting, RMC Business Solutions, Professor M Clark, Mr David Adkins, Paddy Walker Ltd.

• Qualitative evaluation of the impact of the Pathfinder Aimhigher Associates scheme (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  York Consulting

• Provision of support services for TRAC (Transparent Approach to Costing) to the UK higher education sector and sector stakeholders (MS Word 156K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Review of the impact and use of the Longitudinal Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey (MS Word 75K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Literature review of international student mobility (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  University of Sussex

• Occupational health and related services (MS Word 139K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Research into understanding the information needs of users of public information about higher education (Adobe PDF 51K)

  Awarded to:

  Oakleigh Consulting Group and Staffordshire University

• HESES09 data audit work (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  BDO and KPMG

• Pilot provision of HESES09 data audit work to test HEFCE's processes (MS Word 63K)

  Awarded to:

  UNIAC

• Supply, installation, service, maintenance and removal of multi-function devices (photocopy, scan, print and facsimile machines) (invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Provision of an offsite storage service for HEFCE paper records (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Computer-based training (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Preferred supplier for hotel bookings and off-site events (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Booking Services International

• External quality assurance review of the joint internal audit service, carried out for HEFCE, the Joint Information Systems Committee and the Office for Fair Access (Invite only)

  Awarded to:

  Moore Stephens

• User evaluation of the HEFCE web-site

  Awarded to:

  Pure Usability Ltd

• Framework agreement for support for the efficiency review, shared services programmes (MS Word 101K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Evaluation of the Revolving Green Fund

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• The production of resources to support e-mentoring under the Aimhigher Associates scheme

  Awarded to:

  The Brightside Trust

• The production of resources to support 'training the trainers' under the Aimhigher Associates scheme

  Awarded to:

  ALRA Limited

• Summative evaluation of Lifelong Learning Networks (MS Word 140K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Tender for the assessment of capital funding submissions made to the Northern Ireland Department for Employment and Skills and monitored by the Higher Education Funding Council for England

  Awarded to:

  Drivers Jones

• Higher education funding methods in other countries (MS Word 133K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Reappraising the aims of public funding for teaching in a marketised environment

  Awarded to:

  SQW Consulting

• Review of the effectiveness and efficiency of HEFCE (MS Word 106K)

  Awarded to:

  Oakleigh Consulting

• Demand for skills and subjects in English higher education (MS Word 129K)

  Awarded to:

  WM Enterprise

• TRAC-based review of National Research Libraries (MS Word 130K)

  Awarded to:

  CHEMS Consulting

• Car hire services (MS Word 73K)

  Awarded to:

  Enterprise

• Independent evaluation of the Equality Challenge Unit (MS Word 85K)

  Awarded to:

  PricewaterhouseCoopers

• Demand for skills and subjects in English higher education (MS Word 147K)

  Awarded to:

  SQW consulting

• Barrier improvements (MS Word 1.8Mb)

  Awarded to:

  Tremorfa Ltd

• Tender for a workplace study for Northavon House refurbishment (MS Word 1.8Mb)

  Awarded to:

  Forward Thinking Inc.

• Carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England (MS Word 156K)

  Awarded to:

  SQW Consulting

• Operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical services (MS Word 134K)

  Awarded to:

  Inviron

• Identification and dissemination of lessons learned by institutions participating in the Research Excellence Framework bibliometrics pilot (MS Word 139K)

  Awarded to:

  Evidence Ltd

• A national co-ordination service to support the implementation of the Aimhigher Associates programme, 2008-2011 (MS Word 116K)

  Awarded to:

  Cardiff University

• A national support and co-ordination team for widening participation (MS Word 93K)

  Awarded to:

  Action on Access

• Student retention grants programme - support, evaluation and co-ordination work (MS Word 283K)

  Awarded to:

  Action on Access

• Tender for the refurbishment of the computer room at Northavon House (MS Word 100K)
  Design specification (PDF 533K)

  Awarded to:

  Future-Tech SCI Ltd

• Survey of the destination of leavers from higher education in further education colleges (MS Word 247K)

  Awarded to:

  IFF Research Ltd

• An evaluation of the impact of public policy and investments in human resource management in higher education since 2001 (MS Word 84K)

  Awarded to:

  Oakleigh Consulting

• A research project looking at building the HE workforce of the future (MS Word 77K)

  Awarded to:

  PA Consulting Group

• Evaluation of the impact of Aimhigher and widening participation outreach programmes on learner attainment and progression (MS Word 1.8Mb)

  Awarded to:

  National Foundation for Educational Research

• Tender for the provision of consultancy support for the assessment of the accountability burden in higher education (MS Word 366K)

  Awarded to:

  PA Consulting Group

• Tender for a study into student engagement (MS Word 1.9Mb)

  Awarded to:

  Centre for Higher Education Research and Information

• Review of the 2008 National Student Survey Process (MS Word 2.1Mb)

  Awarded to:

  Alan Brickwood and Associates

• A study into current and future demand for higher education and the provision and supply options in East Manchester.

  This tender is closed:

  It is issued under HEFCE's Framework Agreement - Contract for Professional Services.

• Evaluation of the Clinical Senior Lectureship award scheme (MS Word 107K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• Tender for the design of a refurbished Reception at Northavon House (MS Word 1.61Mb)

  Awarded to:

  Stride Treglown Limited

• Framework agreement for staff development (MS Word 62K)

  Awarded to:

  Details available from s.richards@hefce.ac.uk

• Assessment and analysis of institutional strategies for HEFCE (DIUS) funding under the Higher Education Innovation Fund (MS Word 44K)

  Awarded to:

  Pending decision

• National Student Survey dissemination web-site (MS Word 814K)

  Awarded to:

  Ipsos MORI

• Publicly funded partnerships between HEIs and 'private' providers (MS Word 171K)

  Awarded to:

  SQW Consulting