Published date: 10 February 2025
Last edited date: 11 February 2025
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Contract summary
Industry
Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000
Location of contract
Rest of the World
Value of contract
£250,000
Procurement reference
1088.31
Published date
10 February 2025
Closing date
27 February 2025
Closing time
9:15am
Contract start date
3 March 2025
Contract end date
30 January 2026
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.
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
Mott MacDonald is inviting proposals from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to design and conduct a national assessment of pupil learning in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Sierra Leone.
The purpose of the national assessment is to:
-Provide insights into pupil learning in secondary schools in Sierra Leone, highlighting areas of progress and challenges
-Enable tracking of progress in pupil learning in secondary schools in Sierra Leone relative to the Global Proficiency Framework and the national curriculum
-Inform policy, planning and resource allocation decisions.
The key questions to be answered by the national assessment are:
1.What are the English and Maths skills typically demonstrated by pupils in JSS1 and SSS1? Are these skills in line with what the national curriculum expects pupils to have achieved in these grades?
2.To what extent are skills in line with minimum standards proficiency levels expected of pupils in JSS1 and SSS1 as described in the Global Proficiency Framework (GPF)?
3.What topics or skills do pupils find more challenging? Are there any insights to support remediation efforts?
4.How large are the learning gaps by gender, wealth, disability, district and other pupil background characteristics?
This large-scale, sample-based baseline assessment will be conducted using a paper-based test, administered to groups of pupils present in schools. The timing of the assessment will be finalised with the successful bidder. The sampling strategy will be designed to provide representative results at gender and district level.
In addition to information about pupil learning, the assessment will collect and present descriptive (self-reported) statistics from pupils' and schools' characteristics at national and district levels to better understand contextual factors potentially associated with learning outcomes. The supplier is expected to use the Washington Group Questions to gather background data on disability.
Interested suppliers are invited to submit a proposal for conducting the JSS and SSS national assessment.The proposal should include:
Section 1: Work Plan and Approach
Section 2: Past Performance
Section 3: CVs
Section 4: Financial Proposal (budget for Round 1 only) of the assessment (from design through to reporting)
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
•Evidence of proven performance on similar assignments
•Coherence of the approach and work plan
•Cost reasonableness and clarity of linkages to work plan
•Proven experience and expertise the team, including any partners
Eligible proposals will be those proposals that:
• provide all sections of the proposal as per the instructions
Proposals should be submitted to Rodney.William@mottmac.com no later than 09:15am on the 27th February 2025.
Any clarification questions about the Term of Reference or submitting a proposal should be addressed to Rodney.William@mottmac.com latest by 26th February 2025.
More information
Attachments
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- TOR Sierra Leone JSS_SSS_National Learning Assessment.docx
- Technical specifications
About the buyer
Contact name
Rodney Williams
Address
22 Station Road
Cambridge CB1 2JD
United Kingdom
CB12JD
England
Telephone
+23276814126
Website
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