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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-kuma6s-133956

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## Summary

The Welsh Government, represented by Llywodraeth Cymru, has completed a tender process for the "National monitoring programme feasibility study" within the services category. The programme aims to assess learner attainment in the Curriculum for Wales, with a pilot set for the 2025/26 academic year. The procurement stage is now in the award phase with a contract value of £391,196 signed on December 15, 2023. Interested businesses should note the importance of adhering to outlined deadlines and addressing the detailed criteria set by the Welsh Government.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses, especially large consultancy firms, to compete for a contract with the Welsh Government to develop a national monitoring programme. The programme aims to provide vital information on learning standards, impacting educational policies and practices in Wales. Potential suppliers are encouraged to consider forming consortia to address the comprehensive scope of the study and align with the evolving national educational landscape outlined by the Welsh Government.

## 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 | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=133956 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| 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 | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| 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 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=133956
- 21 Sep 2023 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=133956

## Documents

- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP451132
  National monitoring programme feasibility study - 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.
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC461455
  National monitoring programme feasibility study - 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.

## Notice URLs

- http://gov.wales
- https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-133956
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk
- https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml

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