Published date: 16 May 2022

Last edited date: 15 June 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 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

tender_306486/1070447

Published date

16 May 2022

Closing date

1 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 August 2022

Contract end date

14 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) requires external professional proofing and pre-flight services for:
- Proofing and quality assurance review of KS1 and KS2 national curriculum test materials and phonics check, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments;
- Proofing and quality assurance review of KS1 and KS2 modified national curriculum test materials, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments; and
- carrying out pre-flight checks to ensure accurate printing of test materials, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments.

The supplier will need to:
- commit appropriate resources to working on the work packages between August 2022 and August 2023;
- be flexible to accommodate resource needs, providing additional resources at short notice to complete proofing and pre-flight activities to agreed timelines and to required quality standards;
- possess substantial and recent expertise in professional proofing and pre-flight checks of documents for print;
- possess substantial and recent expertise in producing electronic mark-ups of documents using Adobe Acrobat Pro;
- understand the development of materials and use of design guidelines and have experience in reviewing confidential materials for assessment;
- possess the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders provide constructive feedback and be prepared to provide workable solutions to any problems and/or issues identified during this project;
- comply with STA's security procedures to maintain the integrity of the tests, including:
o secure onsite working areas;
o secure methods of electronic transfer and storage;
o secure deletion/destruction of materials at the end of the project; and
o comply with filing and naming conventions established by STA, in order to maintain an accurate audit trail.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Bids must be received by midday 1 July 2022 and should be sent to TendersTD.STA@education.gov.uk and copied to Chris.davies@education.gov.uk

Bids will be accepted at any time up to this deadline but will not be opened or evaluated until the deadline has passed.

Any bid received after the deadline may be rejected unless the Bidder can provide irrefutable evidence that the application was capable of being received by the due date and time and that delivery failure was beyond their reasonable control.

Please see the attached Tender Documents

About the buyer

Address

Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

TendersTD.STA@education.gov.uk