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Delivery of National Reference Tests from 2025

Secondary education services
West Midlands (UKG33)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Ofqual: "Delivery of National Reference Tests from 2025". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityOfqualScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOfqual
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
Last source update24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSecondary education services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-034c5e
What is being bought
To provide the National Reference Tests (NRT) in England on behalf of Ofqual. The National Reference Tests provide evidence for Ofqual on changes in performance standards over time in GCSE English Language and Mathematics in England at the end of Key Stage 4.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  6. Published value updated to £14,000,000
    24 Jan 2023, 14:04 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    24 Jan 2023, 14:04 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    24 Jan 2023, 14:04 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 24 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
    24 Jan 2023, 14:04 GMT
  10. Published value updated to £10,000,000
    30 Jun 2022, 10:15 BST
  11. Status changed to planned
    30 Jun 2022, 10:15 BST
  12. Official notice release published
    30 Jun 2022, 10:15 BST
  13. Buyer information updated
    30 Jun 2022, 10:15 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    In June 2022, Ofqual published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) advising the market of the intent to procure a supplier of the National Reference Tests for the 2025 to 2029 test years, with an option to extend the contract up to 3 further years. A public contract regulations restricted competition procurement process was used. Possible suppliers were shortlisted at stage 1 and only those which showed relevant skills and sufficient experience were invited to tender. At the second stage, suppliers proposed their solution to the stated need and bids were evaluated against Authority requirements using the weightings and scoring guide disclosed in the invitation to tender. The contract was awarded to the supplier who submitted the solution with the highest overall score. Additional information: This procurement is exempt from VAT
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Jul 2024, 13:25 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 28 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · £12,998,997
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£12,998,997 · signed 28 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 3 (lot 1)
smeBids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Ofqual

Contracting authority GB-FTS-119363
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  • Ofqual
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Floor 2, Friargate, One Station Square, Coventry, UKG33, CV1 2GN
    david.thomas@ofqual.gov.uk
    +44 7946672370

  • Public Procurement Review Service
    reviewBody

    Cabinet Office, London
    publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
    +44 3450103503

  • The National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales
    supplier

    The Mere, Upton Park, Slough, UKG33, SL1 2DQ
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