Published date: 4 January 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £6,900,000

Procurement reference

tender_277392/1022553

Published date

4 January 2022

Closing date

11 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

From autumn 2021, a new and updated suite of NPQs is available for teachers and leaders who want to develop their knowledge and skills in school leadership and specialist areas of teaching practice.
These reforms include:
- replacing the current NPQ in middle leadership with three new NPQs for teachers and leaders who want to develop their expertise in specialist areas of teaching practice
- reforming the three existing NPQs in senior leadership, headship and executive leadership.

Subject to a further invitation to tender for NPQ provision launched in November 2021, we also envisage two further new NPQs in Leading Literacy and Early Years Leadership will be available from September 2022.

As the appeal and value of NPQs depends on the quality and consistency of the qualification, faith in the assessment process is paramount. Checking for assessment consistency across NPQ Lead Providers is vital, alongside ensuring a reliable and fair process for all participants. To achieve this level of quality and consistency, the DfE is looking to contract with an organisation with the ability to deliver a robust system for the external moderation of NPQ summative assessments.

Organisations wishing to participate in this contract opportunity must do so through DfE's eTendering portal (Jaggaer).

Registration is free of charge and full system support is available via the Jaggaer homepage.

In order to access this opportunity in Jaggaer potential suppliers must first click 'view opportunities' from the Jaggaer homepage and then express their interest to gain access to the full document suite.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Prior Information Notice - External moderation of National Professional Qualification (NPQ) assessments

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 18 June 2021, last edited 16 December 2021

Links

Additional text

The Department will host an online commercial walkthrough session for interested organisations at 10am on Thursday 6th January. Please use the messaging facility in the eTendering portal to request a link for the session.

The contract includes an option to extend the contract term by an additional 12 months and up to an additional £2.6m (ex-VAT).

This brings the potential maximum contract value to £9.5m (ex-VAT) over 5 years.

The Department will publish a further award notice should the additional term and value option be taken up.

About the buyer

Address

20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

NPQ.ExternalModeration@education.gov.uk