Published date: 14 December 2018

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


Closing: 20 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,500,000 to £40,140,000

Procurement reference

RD1001493

Published date

14 December 2018

Closing date

20 March 2018

Contract start date

14 June 2018

Contract end date

14 June 2022

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

STA wish to re-establish a Trialling and Sampling Framework to carry out trials and sampling exercises for a range of DfE assessments. The new framework will be established by mid-2018 and will operate for a maximum of four years.

Each year, around 560,000 children who have reached the end of key stage 1 and key stage 2, participate in a range of National Curriculum Tests (NCTs) (and from 2016 onwards, a similar number of pupils at the end of key stage 1 will also participate in National Curriculum Tests), and around 35,000 skills tests are sat each year. Each potential test item and complete test is trialled with an appropriate target candidate.

The required services include (but are not limited to):
GENERAL
• Project Management
• Management Information
• Security
• Equalities
• Business Continuity
• Financial Requirements
• Resources
• Quality Assurance
• Exit and Transition

TECHNICAL
• Recruitment and management of schools and test centres
• Recruitment, training and management of administrators
• Recruitment, training and management of markers/coders
• Collection and distribution of assessment instruments
• Secure administration of tests in schools and test centres
• Test and pupil / candidate data handling
• Trial and sample admin reports
• Desktop Publishing
• Printing
• Marking/coding of test scripts
• Management of scripts during marking/coding
• Data capture and management
• Return of results

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Trialling Framework

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 March 2018, last edited 19 March 2018

Attachments

Additional text

The total value of the work over four years is expected to be between £30,500,000 and £40,140,000

Award information

Awarded date

13 June 2018

Contract start date

14 June 2018

Contract end date

14 June 2022

Total value of contract

£40,100,000

This contract was awarded to 4 suppliers.

National Foundation For Educational Research In England And Wale

Address

The Mere
SL1 2DQ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 00900899

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

ALPHAPLUS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

Address

53 Portland Street
MANCHESTER
Lancashire
M1 3LD
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 04801609

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Address

5Optima Building
G2 5DQ
GB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

PEARSON EDUCATION LIMITED

Address

80 Strand
WC2R 0RL
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 00872828

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

James Heathcote

Address

53-55 Butts Road, Earlsdon Park,
Coventry
CV13BH
England

Email

james.heathcote@education.gov.uk