Notice Information
Notice Title
Trialling Framework
Notice 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 Additional information: The total value of the work over four years is expected to be between PS30,500,000 and PS40,140,000
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e10c1682-e300-4cc1-a411-e02419222f11
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18dfc49f-e349-4f81-9a0b-452ce2063b2d
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £40,140,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £40,100,000 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Dec 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Mar 2018Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Jun 20187 years ago
- Contract Period
- 13 Jun 2018 - 14 Jun 2022 4-5 years
- 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
- James Heathcote
- Contact Email
- james.heathcote@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 3BH
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- Sherbourne
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry North West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18dfc49f-e349-4f81-9a0b-452ce2063b2d
14th December 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/62188e78-a45c-4fd2-956e-5d0b8e943c54
19th March 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ccdce957-77c1-4141-9217-a7875f10eafc
Invitation to tender letter -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/61d47c1b-e7ee-40a1-84ff-99706972a879
Question and Answer document -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4c1be3c6-634a-41d3-99af-a1be9eff2c3f
Question and Answer document 28.2.18 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bc6530bd-5e5d-429a-a136-00dbb16f519c
Invitation to tender letter -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8d9972d2-a5e4-4903-97f8-a792b447b6ce
Question and Answer document 6.3.18 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6c49ce10-f427-482d-97dd-2a7183dd548f
Question and Answer document 13.3.18 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/8ca33b1a-4083-41ac-a33f-cab751fb4d6d
Question and Answer document 19.3.18
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