Published date: 8 November 2023

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: 15 December 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£60,000 to £200,000

Procurement reference

tender_379461/1280291

Published date

8 November 2023

Closing date

15 December 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

This ITT is by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on behalf of the Department for Education, to carry out a competitive procurement exercise to award a contract for video and material creation services.

This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA. The value of the initial term (1 year) is expected to be £60-100k. The maximum contract value, if the maximum extension is enacted by STA, is therefore expected to be £120-200k.

STA requires external creation services for:

Standardisation trial:

- Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format

- Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts

- Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts

- Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format

- Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback

- Quality assurance review of all created materials

Exemplification materials:

STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for:

- Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials;

- Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.

For more information and to bid for this contract, please visit the Department for Education's e-tendering portal: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

About the buyer

Contact name

Emily Bagshaw

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Emily.BAGSHAW@education.gov.uk