Notice Information
Notice Title
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021
Notice Description
The contract involved the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD's strict criteria. This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract involves the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD's strict criteria. The contractor will be responsible for: validating and testing new assessment items in maths and creative thinking; sampling schools; sampling pupils within schools; testing the software delivery system on school IT networks; delivering a 3-hour assessment and questionnaire; coding, cleaning and submitting data within the OECD's deadlines; verifying the accuracy of the data returned by the OECD; and delivering match datasets for further linkage and analysis. Contractors will be required to produce reports on the conduct of the survey and deliver their final dataset. The Main survey fieldwork will take place in October/November 2021, with a full field trial in March 2020. This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government
Renewal: It is anticipated that the next contract will be renewed prior to the expiry of any re-let . It is anticipated that the contract will commence during August 2018
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000540686
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN469787
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F20 - Modification Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
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- CPV Codes
72314000 - Data collection and collation services
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73110000 - Research services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
75121000 - Administrative educational services
79311000 - Survey services
79311400 - Economic research services
80000000 - Education and training services
80200000 - Secondary education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £750,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £824,255 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Jul 2018Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Nov 20187 years ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Oct 2018 - 15 Oct 2023 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Notices will be published between 9 & 12 months prior to the expiry of the agreement.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
- Contact Name
- David Box
- Contact Email
- david.box@gov.scot, jenny.lochhead@gov.scot, lauren.lochhead@gov.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 1312442241, +44 1312448156, +44 1412420345
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GLASGOW
- Postcode
- G2 8LU
- Post Town
- Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
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- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Leith
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN320804
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021 - The contract involves the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD's strict criteria. This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR348229
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021 - The contract involved the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD's strict criteria. This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN469787
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021
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