Published date: 21 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: 1 March 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£13,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_252227/1026234

Published date

21 January 2022

Closing date

1 March 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

23 June 2022

Contract end date

22 June 2025

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?

No

Description

The Standards and Testing Agency's remit is to develop and deliver statutory national curriculum tests for English Reading, English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS), Mathematics, Phonics and Reception Baseline Assessment for use in schools. The Agency is responsible for ensuring these tests are of the highest quality, accessible to all, inclusive and free from bias.

The Agency has launched a new procurement process with the objective to create a new Trailing and Sampling Framework to support the conduct of delivery of the assessments. The contractors appointed to the framework will work with the Agency to ensure that Trials and Sampling assessments are managed successfully.
The initial framework term will be 3 years, with an option to extend it for an additional period of one year.

The prospective contractors are invited to submit a tender for the provision of the Trialling and Sampling Framework services.

The procurement will be administered electronically via the Department for Education e-procurement Solution portal (Jaggaer ).
No hard copy documents will be issued and all communications with the Authority (including final submission of Tender responses) must be conducted via Jaggaer.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Trialling Framework 2022-25 - Market Engagement Event

  • Early engagement
  • Published 5 October 2021

Links

Additional text

In order to:
- view this tender opportunity
- ask clarification questions
- submit tender responses
all potential suppliers should register with Jaggaer e-tending portal following a link provided below.

Note:
To ensure all communications relating to this procurement are received, potential suppliers must ensure that the point of contact they nominate in the Jaggaer portal is accurate at all times. Access to the Jaggaer portal is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

About the buyer

Address

Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

TendersTD.STA@education.gov.uk