Buyer profile · Central government
Office for Students tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 5
- About one every 73 days
- Contracts awarded
- 8
- To 8 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £3.29m
- 8 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £78k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 0 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £333kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)75%
- Direct award (no competition)25%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Office for Students has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 31 days
- Longer than 54% of central government buyers
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 75%
- Higher than 78% of central government buyers
- Based on 12 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 75%
- Higher than 78% of central government buyers
- Based on 8 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 5 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 25%
- Lower than 73% of central government buyers
- Based on 12 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most central government buyers
- Based on 5 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
Office for Students: 31 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 5 |
| 25–30 days | 20 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 4 |
| 40–45 days | 3 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Office for Students: 75%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 19 |
| 10–20% | 16 |
| 20–30% | 15 |
| 30–40% | 14 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 10 |
| 60–70% | 7 |
| 70–80% | 10 |
| 80–90% | 9 |
| 90–100% | 12 |
Office for Students: 75%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 3 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 20 |
| 50–60% | 19 |
| 60–70% | 11 |
| 70–80% | 15 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 3 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Office for Students.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
No contracts we hold from Office for Students end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provision of support services for TRAC and understanding academic and financial sustainability of the UK higher education sector | KPMG LLP | £2.08m | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Sector AI Report | Advance HE | — | 29 Jul 2026 |
| Office for Students: Contract for Fit and Proper (FPP) checks | Certn (UK) Ltd | — | 8 Jun 2026 |
| Equality of Opportunity Risk Register Research and Recommendations | The Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes in Higher Education | — | 28 May 2026 |
| eProcurement System | Bip Solutions Limited | — | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Contract for Impact Evaluation of the OfS APP approach | Ecorys UK Ltd | £335k | 22 Mar 2026 |
| AI Project Delivery & Development | Unifeye Ltd | £657k | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Efficiency and Value for Money Consultancy | Pimpernello Ltd | — | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Office for Students: Mental Health Awareness Training | Medigold Health Consultancy Limited | — | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC | KPMG LLP | — | 12 Sept 2025 |