Published date: 9 February 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
General personnel services for the government - 75131100
Education and training services - 80000000
Provision of language courses - 80580000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_410561/1310215
Published date
9 February 2024
Closing date
19 April 2024
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
18 October 2024
Contract end date
17 October 2027
Contract type
Not specified
Procedure type
Other: A Concession Contracts Regulation 2016 procedure
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
PLEASE SEE Find a Tender notice 2024/S 000-004412 for more information (https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004412-2024)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, acting through the Home Office's UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), is the Authority which seeks to award concession Agreements for operators to become approved providers in the UK (Lot 1) and Rest of the World (Lot 2) of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) aligned to the Council of Europe Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Home Office immigration policy establishes an English language requirement that customers may be required to evidence for UK visa or citizenship applications.
The SELT assesses a customer's competency in speaking and listening and dependent on the route of entry, reading and writing English, between levels A1 to C1 of the CERF. Tests are taken under UKVI-prescribed secure conditions where secure relates to:
1. Processes to verify the identity of the customer;
2. Ensuring that it is only the validated customer who takes the test and does so under exam conditions with an appropriately trained invigilator to eliminate the ability to cheat;
3. Ensuring results are not released until the provider has completed additional verification checks to ensure that collusion and fraud have not taken place; and
4. Ongoing audits, both internal and via external independent auditors, of the physical test points, processes and delivery systems in order to ensure that the security and integrity protocols are being strictly adhered to.
Approximately 133,000 2-facet (speaking and listening) and 30,000 4-facet (reading, writing, speaking and listening) tests were taken in the UK in the period April 2022 to March 2023 inclusive. Approximately 58,000 2-facet (speaking and listening) and 495,000 4-facet (reading, writing, speaking and listening) tests were taken across 143 countries (excluding the UK) in the period April 2022 to March 2023 inclusive.
The Authority plans to award a maximum of two UK concession Agreements but reserves the right to award to fewer.
Additional information on the service can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prove-your-english-language-abilities-with-a-secure-english-language-test-selt
PLEASE SEE Find a Tender notice XXXXX for more information
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