Notice Information
Notice Title
Turing Scheme Year 6 Assessment Service
Notice Description
This contract is issued under the DPS Contract with the reference number RM6322 for the provision of the Turing Scheme Year 6 Assessment Service.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c915c68e-d338-4c93-b635-71fb233bfd0b
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e4fe81-e27f-49f5-b618-a0d437a57fb5
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79990000 - Miscellaneous business-related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £550,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £468,651 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Feb 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 22 Aug 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 21 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 21 Jan 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON,
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85e4fe81-e27f-49f5-b618-a0d437a57fb5
24th February 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3a3e5c62-0286-44f0-a1b6-59ac341907b2
18th August 2025 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/933fef0c-60ea-4b0f-9a66-08fbae1336d8
14th August 2025 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/turing-scheme-to-open-up-global-study-and-work-opportunities
Suppliers wishing to be included in the potential mini competition should respond to the questions within the stipulated timescales set out in the attached Expression of Interest.. -
https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6322
1. What is your interest to bid? If you are not interested, what are the barriers to your organisation bidding? -
https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/information-for-buyers-and-suppliers/start-supplying/become-a-supplier-on-a-dynamic-purchasing-system-dps
1. We envisage that up to 1000 applications will need to be assessed within a six week window, considering the above specifications; a. What capacity do you have to deliver the programme? b. Could your organisation reasonably exceed these expectations? -
https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
c. What risks have you identified? 2. How would you manage assessment accuracy between assessors?
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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