Published date: 23 May 2019

Last edited date: 23 May 2019

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


Closing: 31 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Primary education services - 80100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£9,800,000

Procurement reference

RD1001480

Published date

23 May 2019

Closing date

31 January 2018

Contract start date

9 April 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2022

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

This procurement sought to award a contract to an organisation or consortia of organisations to develop and deliver the reception baseline assessment. The duration of the contract covers trialling of the material in the 2018/19 academic year; a national pilot in the 2019/20 academic year for the September intake, as well as for schools that have intakes in January and April; and then two years of statutory delivery of the assessment to all reception pupils in England in the academic years 2020/21 and 2021/22. The Department may extend the contract for one further academic year until 31 August 2023.

The assessment will be an age-appropriate assessment of communication, language and literacy as well as mathematics and will be clearly linked to the learning and development requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage. The supplier will also explore ways in which it will be possible to assess some form of 'self regulation', for example persistence with a task or following multi-step instructions.

The successful bidder for this contract had to demonstrate how their proposed reception baseline assessment met the areas for evaluation described in the Invitation to Tender documentation and also provides a value for money assessment for schools.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Reception Baseline Assessment in England

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 January 2018, last edited 29 January 2018

Attachments

Additional text

Estimated value: The contract is expected to have a value of up to £9.8million excluding any extension period.

Duration of the contract:
The anticipated contract period is:
Start: 09/04/2018 End: 31/08/2022 with a possible extension of one year until 31/08/2023

Award information

Awarded date

15 June 2018

Contract start date

18 June 2018

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Total value of contract

£9,800,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

National Foundation For Educational Research

Address

The Mere
SL1 2DQ

Reference

Companies House number: 00900899

Value of contract

£9,800,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Caroline Johnson

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street,
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

reception.baseline@education.gov.uk