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TENDERManchester City Council · [P-1558] Statutory and Non Statutory Advocacy Service·Value TBC·Manchester
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Northamptonshire Community Foundation·Value TBC·East Midlands
TENDERStockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Children's rights, advocacy and independent visitors·Value TBC·North West (England)
GRANTMinistry of Justice · Reading for Redemption: Comparative Research of the Brazilian Reading…·£15k·England
TENDERHutchison Ports (UK) Ltd · TC01463 Crane Relocation for 4 ZPMC Quay Cranes at the Port of…·Value TBC·UK-wide
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire·Value TBC·North West
TENDERIsle of Wight Council · School Based Nursery Works, Berry Hill Preschool, Broadlea Primary…·Value TBC·Isle of Wight
GRANTInnovate UK · Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2·£1.0M·National
TENDERRotherham Borough Council · SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service·Value TBC·Yorkshire
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science… · Local Women Local Enterprise·Value TBC·North East
TENDERSerious Fraud Office · Investigator Training Programme·£150k·London
GRANTInnovate UK · MDI Programme Innovation and Scale-up Hub·£4.0M·National
TENDERManchester City Council · [P-1558] Statutory and Non Statutory Advocacy Service·Value TBC·Manchester
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Northamptonshire Community Foundation·Value TBC·East Midlands
TENDERStockport Metropolitan Borough Council · Children's rights, advocacy and independent visitors·Value TBC·North West (England)
GRANTMinistry of Justice · Reading for Redemption: Comparative Research of the Brazilian Reading…·£15k·England
TENDERHutchison Ports (UK) Ltd · TC01463 Crane Relocation for 4 ZPMC Quay Cranes at the Port of…·Value TBC·UK-wide
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Chamber Low Carbon - Lancashire·Value TBC·North West
TENDERIsle of Wight Council · School Based Nursery Works, Berry Hill Preschool, Broadlea Primary…·Value TBC·Isle of Wight
GRANTInnovate UK · Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2·£1.0M·National
TENDERRotherham Borough Council · SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service·Value TBC·Yorkshire
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science… · Local Women Local Enterprise·Value TBC·North East
TQA

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-10-06 to 2026-10-06Updated 2026-10-06

£649K

Total spend

5

Contract awards

4

Unique suppliers

£130K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION has awarded 5 contracts worth £649K to 4 suppliers between 2023-10-06 and 2026-10-06, at an average contract value of £130K, with the top five suppliers holding 100% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER…

Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED2£480K
CVENT EUROPE LTD1£103K
TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED1£45K
NUROLE LTD1£21K

Procurement categories

What THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Education and training services

80
2 awards£66K

Financial and insurance services

66
2 awards£480K

Software package and information systems

48
1 award£103K

Recent contracts

Latest THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Recruitment of a Search Agency to recruit an Independent Director to Chair the QAA Board

NUROLE LTD · 2024-08-14

£21K

Interim Executive Recruitment

TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED · 2024-05-13

£45K

Tender for the Provision of Insurance Brokerage and Associated Services

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED · 2023-12-05

£240K

Tender for the Provision of Insurance Brokerage and Associated Services

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED · 2023-11-22

£240K

QAA Request for Tender - Events Tool

CVENT EUROPE LTD · 2023-11-06

£103K

The Provision of QAA Board Member Recruitment

Society Limited · 2023-08-16

£28K

Award of National Desktop and Notebook Agreement contract

Stone Technologies Limited · 2023-04-17

£125K

Legal Services Company

SHAKESPEARE MARTINEAU LLP · 2022-06-09

£180K

Provision of Recruitment Services for Non-Executive Positions

NOT AWARDED TO SUPPLIER · 2022-05-31

Provision of External Audit Services

CROWE U.K. LLP · 2021-12-15

£80K

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Most of it is in software & IT systems and financial & insurance.

2

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Market analysis

Bidding into THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

18%

Awards to SMEs

100%

Top-5 supplier share

36%

Framework call-offs

1

Awards to social enterprises

Around 18% of THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER…’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 36%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.

Frequently asked

Common questions about selling to THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER…

How much does THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… spend on procurement?

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… awarded 5 contracts totalling £649K between 2023-10-06 and 2026-10-06, working with 4 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £130K.

Who are THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER…'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… by total award value are ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER (UK) LIMITED, CVENT EUROPE LTD, TILE HILL INTERIM & EXECUTIVE LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.

What does THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER… buy from suppliers?

THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER…'s procurement is concentrated in education and training services, financial and insurance services, software package and information systems, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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Sources & methodology

How this profile is compiled

Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-06

This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.

Source portals

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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