Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c47-f6be-7344-aa5e-ed5844ac8cfd/post-18-choice-of-part-time-study awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Post-18 choice of part-time study [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Open field Estimated value £80,000 to £100,000 Published 18 Jun 2018 Deadline Closed 30 Jun 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender We are seeking a contractor for a research project into part-time education. This project will form part of the evidence base for the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding that was announced by the Prime Minister in February 2018. The purpose of the review is to look at ways to ensure more people have a genuine choice of high quality technical and academic options. As part of the review, this research project has been designed to understand how prospective part-time students make their choices, the barriers that they face to entering education and what enablers there are to facilitate their entry. The research aims are: • To identify the proportion of the post-18 population who have considered, or are considering or may consider entering study. • To identify prospective learners' personal characteristics, circumstance and demographics. • To understand the goals and aims of prospective part-time learners when making decisions. • To understand the barriers and enablers that prospective part-time learners face when making decisions. • To understand goals and aims, barriers and enablers faced by prospective mature part time learners The project will comprise a survey of prospective learners with follow up qualitative interviews. Prospective learners are likely to be a difficult target population to access, but we envisage a panel/omnibus survey to be one effective method for surveying them. However, we are happy for contractors to put forward other innovative methods for data collection. We would expect the survey to be used to recruit individuals for the follow-up qualitative work. Please note the Deadline for EOIs is 5pm, Friday 29th June 2018 Additional information: Please note the word counts for this EOI is 1,000 words. Please note that the deadline for EOIs is 5pm, Friday 29th June 2018. Read full description ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d4a7510c-5a3a-4c42-af74-00e299e631af) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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