Provision of Student Halls Data

The ONS is looking to identify and engage with industry partners to help bring third party data and/or expertise to access better and more relevant data sources. This will help improve the quality and usefulness of official statistics about our population, society and economy that decision makers, businesses and citizens so urgently need.

ONS is seeking to develop partnerships with organisations that hold information about student halls within England and Wales. For the first 12 months, these partnerships would be exploratory in nature with a focus on understanding data quality. This initial work could then form the basis for developing longer term partnerships.

ONS has been exploring the potential of using student halls data. The data will support the delivery of the 2021 Census for England and Wales and further develop the organisation's Address Index. The aim is to improve our student accommodation coverage and effectively plan our field operations. The data will need to include the main addresses of all managed accommodation provided solely for students during term time (university nominated halls of residence, private halls of residence, and part-nominated halls of residence) and attribute data, such as:

• oUnit addresses
• oTotal student capacity
• oA description of the unit

Additional information:

If you would like to discuss these requirements further, please register on the ONS e-tendering portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons and use the "express an interest" function against the project title 'Provision of Student Halls Data'.

When you have expressed an interest , please attach the following information to allow ONS to have an understanding of what your company can offer. Please include as a minimum:

• oOrganisation Name
• oContact details
• oBrief description of primary activity of organisation
• oType of data you can provide and support available

Any future tenders will be conducted through ONS's 'DPS Data SaSiE'. If you would like to sign up for this in readiness to receive any future tender packs, please search for the DPS title on the e-tendering portal and 'opt in'. This will take you through to the associated documentation for your organisation to apply

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No