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# Invitation to Tender for Quality Assessment Services

[HEFCE](https://tendernation.io/buyers/hefce)

Estimated value

£11,000,000

Published

18 Mar 2016

Deadline

Closed

3 May 2016

## Who can bid

- Open procedure

    Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage.

## About this tender

This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU and is for higher education services

HEFCE has a statutory duty to ensure that the quality of education is assessed in the institutions it funds or is considering funding. The services covered by this tender will support a revised operating model for quality assessment and will include:

• Review visits to test a provider’s ability to meet baseline regulatory requirements

• Verification of a provider’s methodology for its own internal review process

• Support for governing bodies to enable them to fulfil their responsibilities for academic governance

• Investigations, where serious concerns about a provider have been raised

• Exploration of approaches to the training of external examiners and to the calibration of standards

• Support for strategic engagement with international higher education developments and the review of UK providers’ activities overseas

The services will be required to be delivered to locations across England and Northern Ireland. Some services may also be delivered to locations in Wales and/or Scotland.

Additional information: In order to view the full Invitation to Tender documentation bidders will be required to register on the Council's e-procurement system.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No [in-tendhost.co.uk/hefce/aspx](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hefce/aspx/)

## CPV classification

Higher education services

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/7645619a-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b)

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