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Published 13 Oct 2023, 13:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

con_24721 STA exemplification and standardisation materials

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT23.2% below first published estimate
Awarded 23 Feb 2024
Awarded to AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the supply of professional creation services for standardisation trial

materials and exemplification materials

This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1STA requires external creation services for:Awarded

STA requires external creation services for:

Standardisation trial:

  • Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format
  • Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts
  • Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts
  • Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format
  • Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback
  • Quality assurance review of all created materials

Exemplification materials:

STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for:

  • Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials;
  • Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.
Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Oct 2023, 13:15 BST
Last source update
13 Mar 2024, 13:18 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-008031
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040bde Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Nov 2023 → 13 Mar 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    3 Nov 2023
  2. Notice published
    13 Mar 2024, 13:18 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Mar 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    13 Mar 2024, 13:18 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    13 Mar 2024, 13:18 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £153,6551 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd£153,655 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • con_24721 STA exemplification and standardisation materials · AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd

    Signed
    23 Feb 2024
    Value
    £153,655
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 3 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts Of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.