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title: "Teacher Assessment - English Writing Standardisation and Training"
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# Teacher Assessment - English Writing Standardisation and Training

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02988f

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## Summary

The Department for Education (DfE), specifically the Standards Testing Agency (STA), is currently conducting a public procurement process for the project titled "Teacher Assessment – English Writing Standardisation and Training." This procurement falls under the education and training services sector and is based in the UK. The process is at the tender stage, with submissions due by 12 March 2021. The total value of the contract is £385,000, intended to create resources that will standardise training for moderators over a five-year period, with initial exercises to be created by October 2021.

This tender presents significant opportunities for companies specialising in educational resources, training development, and consultancy. Businesses with expertise in crafting training materials, particularly in the field of education, as well as those experienced in facilitating professional development for educators, would be particularly well-suited to compete. By engaging in this process, successful bidders will contribute to enhancing the integrity and reliability of teacher assessments across the UK, potentially establishing long-term relationships with a key public sector customer.

## Notice

Department for Education (DfE), Standards Testing Agency (STA) is seeking to appoint a specialist company to carry out creation of a repository of self guided training material to enable standardisation of moderators for completion by October 2021 and create exercises by October each year for the 5 years the contract runs.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

On 19 October 2016, the Secretary of State (SoS) announced improved guidance for moderation and that mandatory training would be provided for all local authority (LA) moderators. STA will undertake national LA moderator training for KS1 and KS2 English writing in order to deliver SoS's continued commitment. National training and standardisation will help ensure the teacher assessment (TA) frameworks are applied accurately and consistently across the country, contributing to the provision of a robust and reliable national data set. DFE, STA is seeking to appoint one specialist company to carry out creation of a repository of self guided training material to enable standardisation of moderators. The Requirement * To gather moderated pupil scripts for use in the designing of activities and professional discussions and these must be from when the current frameworks were introduced. * To produce activities and examples of professional discussions. These need to be done through a variety of delivery routes - including video. * To produce yearly standardisation exercises for potential moderators to be assessed.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004410-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Mar 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £385,000 |
| Lots value | £385,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 4 Mar 2021 at 22:56 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004410-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com
- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html?_ncp=1614258891074.1632935-1
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

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