Published date: 16 January 2019
Last edited date: 16 January 2019
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£95,000,000 to £225,000,000
Procurement reference
RD1001506
Published date
16 January 2019
Closing date
23 August 2016
Contract start date
1 September 2017
Contract end date
16 January 2024
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
The STA was set-up as an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) in October 2011. The purpose of the STA is to develop and administer National Curriculum Assessments (NCAs) and assessments in England as part of the government's agenda to raise educational standards through structural change, school improvement strategies, and a rigorous accountability framework where tests in the core subjects, currently at the end of Year 6 form an important measure of children's long-term education and life chances. The outcomes of the NCAs are published annually at an individual school level in the School Performance Tables by government and are an important factor in parental choice of schools.
The current NCAs are Key Stage 1 ("KS1") and Key Stage 2 ("KS2") tests in the core subjects of English and Mathematics, and the KS1 Phonics Screening Check ("PSC"). The tests are sat by the full cohort of pupils, currently 580,593 in 15,500 state schools in England.
The successful economic operator will be required to undertake activities required for the successful delivery of all NCAs. This will include: printing; the logistics associated with securely delivering test papers and other materials to participating schools; collecting and distributing tests scripts to markers; the successful completion of onscreen marking of the NCAs within a defined time frame; and to deliver all support required by participating schools for their successful administration of the NCAs.
See 'Attachments' (links) for the full version of the original advert and also the recent corrigendum which includes all the changes to the procurement process published in Tenders Electronic Daily.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Test Operations Services (TOpS)
- Opportunity
- Published 21 July 2016, last edited 18 November 2016
Attachments
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- 1353 TOPS Corrigendum.pdf
- Tenders Electronic Daily corrigendum
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- 851 Section01_Capita contract_Introduction_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Contract introduction part 1
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- 851 Section02_Capita contract_Introduction_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Contract introduction part 2
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- 851 Section03_Capita contract_Schedules_1-3_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 1-3 part 1
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- 851 Section04_Capita contract_Schedules_1-3_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 1-3 part 2
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- 851 Section05_Capita contract_Schedules_4-6_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 4-6 part 1
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- 851 Section06_Capita contract_Schedules_4-6_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 4-6 part 2
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- 851 Section07_Capita contract_Schedules_7-10.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 7-10
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- 851 Section08_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 1
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- 851 Section09_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 2
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- 851 Section10_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part3.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 3
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- 851 Section11_Capita contract_Schedules_12-18.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 12-18
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- 851 Section12_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - ks1 frameworks.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 KS1 frameworks
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- 851 Section13_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - ks2 frameworks.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 KS2 frameworks
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- 851Section14_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - Primary consultation.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 primary consultation
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- 851 Section15_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - science.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 science
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- 851 Services Agreement for the Delivery of Test Operations Services (TOpS).extension letter.pdf
- Award notice
- Extension letter
Links
Additional text
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See Attachments for the Tenders Electronic Daily corrigendum for a summary of all the changes.
See Links for the Tenders Electronic Daily original advert.
Award information
Awarded date
2 July 2018
Contract start date
11 July 2018
Contract end date
31 January 2025
Total value of contract
£108,895,024
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
Capita Business Services Limited
Address
30 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LR
United KingdomReference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Attachments
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- 851 Section01_Capita contract_Introduction_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Contract Introduction part 1
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- 851 Section02_Capita contract_Introduction_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Contract Introduction part 2
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- 851 Section03_Capita contract_Schedules_1-3_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 1-3 part 1
-
- 851 Section04_Capita contract_Schedules_1-3_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 1-3 part 2
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- 851 Section05_Capita contract_Schedules_4-6_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 4-6 part 1
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- 851 Section06_Capita contract_Schedules_4-6_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 4-6 part 2
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- 851 Section07_Capita contract_Schedules_7-10.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 7-10
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- 851 Section08_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part1.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 1
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- 851 Section09_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part2.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 2
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- 851 Section10_Capita contract_Schedule_11_part3.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 11 part 3
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- 851 Section11_Capita contract_Schedules_12-18.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedules 12-18
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- 851 Section12_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - ks1 frameworks.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 ks1 frameworks
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- 851 Section13_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - ks2 frameworks.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 ks 2 frameworks
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- 851 Section15_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - science.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 Science
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- 851Section14_Capita contract_Schedule_19 - Primary consultation.pdf
- Award notice
- Schedule 19 Primary consultation
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- 851 Services Agreement for the Delivery of Test Operations Services (TOpS).extension letter.pdf
- Award notice
- Services Agreement for the Delivery of Test Operations Services (TOpS) extension letter
About the buyer
Address
Department for Education, Standards and Testing Agency, Earlsdon Park, 53-55 Butts Road
Coventry
CV1 3BH
England
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Closing: 23 August 2016