Published date: 3 February 2025

Last edited date: 3 February 2025

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: 27 March 2025, 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

£0

Procurement reference

tender_473430/1447957

Published date

3 February 2025

Closing date

27 March 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 July 2025

Contract end date

30 June 2028

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 Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is responsible for developing and delivering statutory national curriculum tests in English Reading, English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling (GPS), Mathematics, Phonics, and the Reception Baseline Assessment for schools. The STA ensures these tests are of the highest quality, accessible to all, inclusive, and free from bias.

The Agency invites potential bidders to participate in the tender process, aiming to appoint up to five suppliers to a new trialling framework.

The initial framework term will be three years (from June 2025 to June 2028), with an option to extend for an additional 12 months.

The total framework value is not expected to exceed £18M ( including the extension period).

Trialling is essential to the STA's operating model for delivering new assessments and adding to the bank of items for current assessments. Two types of trials are conducted:

Item Validation Trial (IVT): A relatively small-scale trial providing evidence to support item development, such as refining question wording and developing coding frames.

Technical Pre-Test (TPT): A larger-scale trial providing statistical evidence related to items.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Market Engagement for Trailling Framework for the Standards and Testing Agency

  • Early engagement
  • Published 18 November 2024, last edited 18 November 2024

Links

Additional text

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About the buyer

Contact name

Bea Bell

Address

Cheylesmore House, 5 Quinton Rd,
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

TendersTD.STA@education.gov.uk