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Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC

Office for Students · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 06:29.

Opportunity overview

Transparent Approach to Costing (TRAC) is an activity-based costing system developed for the UK higher education sector and implemented in UK publicly funded higher education institutions. This contract is for the Provision of TRAC technical helpdesk support to UK HE institutions required to submit TRAC returns. Maintaining and updating the TRAC guidance and reporting requirements, including taking account of changes to financial accounting standards and meeting stakeholder needs. Carrying out reviews of the TRAC methodology to improve data quality and utility and meet multiple stakeholder requirements. Supporting the TRAC Development Group in its oversight of the TRAC system. Supporting the UK Regulators and Funders, including the use of the TRAC system to inform funding policy for teaching and research, and for informing pricing of research grants and contracts. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=991633956

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

KPMG LLP

Matched by number
Published award value
£530k
Awarded
10 Aug 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH OC301540
Location
London, UKI42, E14 5GL, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
PRN2250
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
The TRAC support service is a specialist contract requiring expertise in the TRAC system, understanding of methodology, and capacity to provide support across the UK HE sector, to OfS, SFC, Medr, DFE(NI) and UKRI to support use of TRAC data for informing funding policy, for use by UKRI for funding research grants and contracts, and to inform government policy for DfE and the devolved administrations. The OfS is currently implementing changes to its data platform and arrangements for collecting data from institutions (including change to the TRAC return template). Therefore, continuity of helpdesk support to the sector during the next TRAC return will be essential to avoid disproportionate burden for HE institutions during this transition period. Additionally, continuity is required in order that important developments in the TRAC system which involve implementation of complex technical changes to the TRAC requirements that have been developed and recently piloted under the current service contract can be implemented successfully and without disruption in the helpdesk support.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PYZM-6681-RPZP
Name
Office for Students

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKK12
Country
GB
Locality
Bristol
Postal Code
BS34 8SR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PYZM-6681-RPZP
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Sarah Phillips
Telephone
+44 1179317317
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-OC301540
Name
KPMG LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKI42
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
E14 5GL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
15 Canada Square

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large
Sheltered Workshop
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No

Identifier

Id
OC301540
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Andrew Bush
Telephone
+442073111000

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
11 Aug 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 3
Region
UKK1
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
79000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Value

Amount
530,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
636,000

Documents

Entry 1
Id
043710-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
29 Jul 2025, 10:05
Entry 2
Id
049256-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
15 Aug 2025, 16:05

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-OC301540
Name
KPMG LLP

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
28 Aug 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
31 Aug 2026, 23:59
Starts
1 Sept 2025, 00:00

Standstill Period

Ends
27 Aug 2025, 23:59

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Award ID
1
Date Signed
12 Sept 2025, 00:00
Above Threshold
Yes

Value

Amount
530,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
636,000

Period

Ends
14 Sept 2026, 23:59
Starts
15 Sept 2025, 00:00

Documents

Entry 1
Id
070568-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
contractNotice
Published
3 Nov 2025, 16:05

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bristol · UKK12 · BS34 8SR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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