Published date: 30 May 2018

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


Closing: 23 September 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Courier services - 64120000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£566,000

Procurement reference

RD1000098/1

Published date

30 May 2018

Closing date

23 September 2016

Contract start date

1 November 2016

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?

No

Description

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE), manages the live administration of the annual National Curriculum Assessment (NCA) phonics screening check (PSC) and end-of-key stage 1 (KS1) and end-of-key stage 2 (KS2) tests (collectively known as the 'annual NCA Test Cycle'), a key aspect of which is the production, collation and distribution of NCA test materials to participating schools.

This contract covers logistics services to despatch test materials to schools.

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Award information

Awarded date

29 September 2016

Contract start date

1 November 2016

Contract end date

31 August 2018

Total value of contract

£566,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Parcelforce Worldwide

Address

30 Central Avenue
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 9SL
GB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

53-55 Butts Road, Earlsdon Park,
Coventry,
CV1 3BH
England

Email

jonathan.bryan@education.gov.uk