Published date: 19 February 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 21 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£241,387

Procurement reference

RD1001139

Published date

19 February 2018

Closing date

21 November 2017

Contract start date

11 January 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Three (3) online/onscreen in-school trials of the proposed key stage 2 (KS2) Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) digital check system in mathematics are required: specifically in KS2 12 times multiplication tables involving year 4 pupils are to be conducted by The Client over the period February - June 2018.

The three trials proposed are to comprise:
February 2018: Trial 1 - private Beta 2 system trial;
March 2018: Trial 2 - question timing trial: and,
June 2018: Trial 3 - system trial and technical pre-test (TPT) item-level trial.

The data to be collected as part of the 3 trials (remotely) by the MTC system itself, and (for trials 2 and 3 only) in-school trial administrators is required by The Client to inform further and final check system development and (Trial 3) test form construction for national voluntary pilot rollout in 2019 and mandatory rollout of the 2020 online/onscreen Multiplication Tables Check (MTC).

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Award information

Awarded date

10 January 2018

Contract start date

11 January 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Total value of contract

£241,387

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Address

Optima Building, 58 Robertson Street, GLASGOW, G2 8DQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Standards Testing Agency, Department for Education, Bishopsgate House, Feethams,
Darlington,
DL1 5QE
England

Email

Paul.Simmons@education.gov.uk