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Contract for Impact Evaluation of the OfS APP approach
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 8 Apr 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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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, ‘equality of opportunity’ means that individuals are not hampered in accessing and succeeding in higher education as a result of their background or circumstances they cannot fairly influence. An APP is a strategic document that sets out how a provider will reduce the risks to equality of opportunity within their own context.
The OfS wants to evaluate the long-term impact of the OfS’s APP approach and would like to appoint a single supplier to deliver a theory based evaluation.
The aim of the evaluation is to understand whether the elements of the APP approach are effective in achieving change in provider behaviour and contributing to improving equality of opportunity for higher education students, from its initiation in 2018 to the 2023 reforms.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 79419000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 10 Dec 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 10 December 2025.
Deadline in this release: Wed 21 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT.
Release 081649-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 9 Mar 2026Notice
Notice published 9 March 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 020810-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 8 Apr 2026Notice
Notice published 8 April 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release 031884-2026
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05/ Limits
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- The source does not state a usable value.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f318
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Wed 15 Apr 2026, 08:12 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 08:01 GMT
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