Award

Office for Students: Provision of Support Services for TRAC

  • Office for Students

UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-049256

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0567ad (view related notices)

Published 15 August 2025, 4:05pm



Scope

Reference

PRN2250

Description

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.

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Supplier

Contract value

  • £530,000 excluding VAT
  • £636,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Award decision date

11 August 2025

Standstill period

  • End: 27 August 2025
  • 8 working days

Earliest date the contract will be signed

28 August 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Contract locations

  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award


Supplier

KPMG LLP

  • Companies House: OC301540

15 Canada Square

London

E14 5GL

United Kingdom

Contact name: Andrew Bush

Telephone: +442073111000

Email: andrew.bush@kpmg.co.uk

Region: UKI42 - Tower Hamlets

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Supported employment provider: No

Public service mutual: No

Contract 1


Contracting authority

Office for Students

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYZM-6681-RPZP

Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford

Bristol

BS34 8SR

United Kingdom

Contact name: Sarah Phillips

Telephone: +44 1179317317

Email: procurement@officeforstudents.org.uk

Region: UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Organisation type: Public authority - central government