Published date: 7 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 25 January 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 25 January 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Educational software package - 48190000

Location of contract

S1 1WB

Value of contract

£5,000

Procurement reference

1718-21-DTS-LW

Published date

7 December 2017

Closing date

3 January 2017

Contract start date

1 February 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University intends to award a contract for the supply of a system to deliver a digital examination solution pilot.
This pilot provides an opportunity to explore and evaluate both the technical and operational aspects of digital examinations delivered using system designed specifically to create, set, deliver, mark assessments and provide analytics about students and their performance. This includes being able to create and set examinations that offer greater flexibility in how students can respond to questions beyond simple objective testing and short text-based answers, and being able to provide legible responses that include working out to mathematical problems, chemical, scientific and electronical experiments, drawing and diagrammatic illustrations, mind-maps and flow charts. It also offers opportunities to explore flexibility and inclusivity in allowing students to use their own devices in examinations, and approaches to marking and providing effective and personal feedback to examination questions, and opportunities to use digital text-matching services to check for originality of student answers. We can further explore how digital examinations can support integrity of the assessment process through keeping assessment data secure and seen only by those that need to see it at all stages of the examination process and using randomisation to essentially provide a different assessment for each student while assessing the same learning outcomes.

More information

Links

Additional text

Tender documents are available to download from the In-Tend site

About the buyer

Address

Sheffield Hallam Univeristy
Howard St
Sheffield
S1 1WB
England

Email

strategicprocurement@shu.ac.uk

Website

www.shu.ac.uk