# EPSRC Doctoral Education Evidence Collection

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [RAND EUROPE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY](/contract-winners/rand-europe-community-interest/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £81,992
- Tender value: £100,000
- Award date: 14 April 2021
- Published: 12 July 2021
- Contract start: 10 May 2021
- Contract end: 13 August 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a2bedd31-c9eb-47c1-a0ed-a7c64d38c9fe-450581
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d62231a9-e59b-41a4-864a-4c19b5668d4e

## Description

\*\* THIS TENDER IS CLOSED \*\* Award of contract via the CCS DPS Agreement RM6018 via further competition\. The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday, 1st April 2021at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer\. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal\. Brief Description of Requirement The customer wishes to commission an evidence gathering activity compromised of a literature review and student focus groups to identify, assess the quality of, combine and extract evidence that the customer can use to shape how engineering and physical sciences doctoral education should be positioned in the future\. EPSRC funds approximately 1/3rd of all engineering and physical sciences doctoral students in the UK\. Additional information: \*\* THIS TENDER IS CLOSED \*\* Award of contract via the CCS DPS Agreement RM6018 via further competition\. The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday, 1st April 2021at 11:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer\. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal\. Brief Description of Requirement The customer wishes to commission an evidence gathering activity compromised of a literature review and student focus groups to identify, assess the quality of, combine and extract evidence that the customer can use to shape how engineering and physical sciences doctoral education should be positioned in the future\. EPSRC funds approximately 1/3rd of all engineering and physical sciences doctoral students in the UK\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a2bedd31-c9eb-47c1-a0ed-a7c64d38c9fe-450581)