Published date: 28 November 2019

Last edited date: 15 January 2020

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: 17 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative educational services - 75121000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP418081605

Published date

28 November 2019

Closing date

17 January 2020

Contract start date

11 March 2020

Contract end date

11 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 15 January 2020 for the following reason: Extension to tender closing date amended(CITB wishes to procure a framework of suppliers to provide test question writing services. The successful contractors will be competent question authors to write questions for all/some of the following areas.

Site Safety Plus tests - https://www.citb.co.uk/product-service-accreditation/site-safety-plus/
Health, Safety & Environment Tests - operatives, specialist, and managers and professional (MAP) - https://www.citb.co.uk/cards-testing/health-safety-environment-test/
Test questions used as a component part of any other CITB product as required

Test questions will be written against specific learning outcomes and assessment criteria across different Bloom's© Taxonomy classification levels including knowledge, application and evaluation
.
Topic (Lots) Areas to be covered:
1 - Legal & Management
2 - Health & Welfare
3 - General Safety
4 - High Risk Activities
5 - Environment
6 - Specialist Activities

The contractors will be required to demonstrate experience of writing Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) and other question styles as appropriate, adherence to CITB Question Writing Policy will be necessary. Further information regarding different question styles can be found in the tender documents.)

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Treece-Birch

Address

Bircham Newton
King's Lynn
PE31 6RH
UK

Telephone

07854273889

Email

citb-procurement@sscl.gse.gov.uk