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title: "National monitoring programme feasibility study"
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# National monitoring programme feasibility study

Buyer: LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03dff4

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## Summary

The Welsh Government is seeking to deliver a national monitoring programme feasibility study for research services, aiming to monitor learners' attainment within the Curriculum for Wales framework. The study involves developing costed options for the programme delivery within the education sector. The procurement process is currently active, with a contract value of GBP 416,666, a contract duration of 210 days, and a deadline for tender submissions on 26th October 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for consultancy and education services businesses to engage in the development of a significant national monitoring programme. Businesses with expertise in research consultancy, evaluation services, and education are well-suited to compete. The Welsh Government is emphasising social value and sustainability objectives in the contract award criteria, encouraging consortium bids to address the complexity of the study and broader policy context.

## Notice

The Welsh Government is seeking to deliver a national programme of sample-based assessments to monitor learners' attainment in the Curriculum for Wales ("national monitoring programme") to provide national information on learning standards. We are seeking to pilot such assessments within the 2025/26 academic year.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Welsh Government is procuring a feasibility study to develop fully costed and detailed options for the creation and delivery of this national monitoring programme. Curriculum for Wales is being taught in schools and settings across Wales up to year 6 and half of year 7 in September 2022. In September 2023 it will roll out to all secondary schools in respect of years 7 and 8, and will then roll out year by year until it includes year 11 in September 2026. Curriculum for Wales does not contain a national standardised assessment framework. Schools must design their curriculum in line with the Curriculum for Wales Guidance including appropriate assessment arrangements that support learner progression. End of Key Stage assessments, which previously provided information on attainment in the core subjects, have been phased out due to their inconsistency with the Curriculum for Wales. In line with the recommendation of Successful Futures, the Welsh Government is pursuing a national monitoring programme as the means of monitoring learner attainment and discerning learning standards at a national level over time. In July 2022, the Government Social Research Service published the final report of the scoping study undertaken by Arad Research and the Open University on the evaluability of the Curriculum and Assessment reforms. Recommendations included the development of a national monitoring programme for learner attainment and considerations for its development. The Welsh Government's response committed to considering these recommendations in the development of the Curriculum for Wales Evaluation Plan. The Evaluation Plan has been published, setting out our long-term approach to evaluation and monitoring, including our ambition to develop national monitoring. The feasibility study must answer a series of detailed questions regarding the design, development, delivery, and operation of the national monitoring programme which will be set out in the specification. It must develop costed proposals for the programme which meet the requirements set out by the Welsh Government. These requirements include principles that should underpin the development of the programme; and requirements regarding what should be assessed and the outputs that the programme must deliver. National monitoring will form one part of the broader school information ecosystem - the holistic range of information about schools that we will use to inform local, regional, and national improvement. Therefore, this study will need to acknowledge and work within the broader context of developing policy on the creation of a new school information ecosystem (including how the outputs of national monitoring can integrate with other sources of information in this ecosystem and as part of the broader Evaluation Plan) and take a flexible approach that allows iteration of the approach to discerning learning standards in line with policy development. Given the breadth and complexity of the study, suppliers may wish to consider consortium arrangements when responding to the invitation.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037805-2023 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | 20 Aug 2023 |
| Award date | 15 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £416,666 |
| Lots value | £416,666 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £391,196 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LLYWODRAETH CYMRU / WELSH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | CAERDYDD / CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF10 3NQ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Cathays |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | TLL Wales |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ALPHAPLUS CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 73110000 - Research services
- 73210000 - Research consultancy services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80420000 - E-learning services

## Release History

- 22 Dec 2023 at 10:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037805-2023
- 21 Sep 2023 at 14:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027937-2023
- 7 Jul 2023 at 15:16 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019514-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://gov.wales
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007

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