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Educational Standard Reviews for a Multi Academy Trust

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BuyerBRADFORD DIOCESAN ACADEMIES TRUST
StatusOpen
Deadline25 Sept 2026
Value£180,000
Published1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) is seeking to procure school improvement review services to lead 1-day onsite education quality assurance reviews (assisted by BDAT senior colleagues) across the 21 BDAT academies, all of which are located within the Bradford Local Authority area. The purpose of the reviews are: • To provide independently verified education insights into the progress and performance of each of our academies and to give support and challenge to enable further school improvement. • To ensure appropriate support & challenge, which drives holistic improvement in relation to the school and MAT professional challenge and feedback. • To provide a professional development opportunity for BDAT school leaders to undertake external reviews to support development of wider educational knowledge and experience and to share effective practice across the MAT. • The reviews form a pillar of the MAT Quality Assurance and Evaluation oversight providing independent education insight. The service will commence from 1st Jan 2027. The initial contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for another 2 years. The service is to run on-site school improvement reviews for each location. The focus of the reviews will be agreed in advance for each academy based on the school's own self-evaluation, school development plans and feedback on areas for improvement in previous external reviews. The reviews are not designed to be "mocksted" inspections, although inevitably areas for scrutiny will often mirror areas within the Ofsted inspection framework. Each review is anticipated to take approximately two days including half a day preparation, one day on site conducting the quality assurance review and half a day to produce a summary report for the school, Trust leaders, governors and Trustees. Cross phase tender submissions for all 21 academy reviews are encouraged. However, BDAT reserves the right to award the contract as a single requirement or to divide the requirement into Lots structured by school phase, comprising a Primary Schools Lot and a Secondary Schools Lot. Tenderers may submit bids for either Lot individually, or the full requirement. Tenderers should be clear which Lots there are bidding for.

Delivery location

UKE41, GB · UKE41, GB

Categories

Primary education services 80100000Secondary education services 80200000

Lot details

Educational Standard Reviews - Primary phase

This lot focuses on the Primary phase, with 16 primary schools across the Bradford local authority area. Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) is seeking to procure school improvement review services to lead 1-day onsite education quality assurance reviews (assisted by BDAT senior colleagues) across the 16 Primary Schools, all of which are located within the Bradford Local Authority area. The purpose of the reviews are: • To provide independently verified education insights into the progress and performance of each of our academies and to give support and challenge to enable further school improvement. • To ensure appropriate support & challenge, which drives holistic improvement in relation to the school and MAT professional challenge and feedback. • To provide a professional development opportunity for BDAT school leaders to undertake external reviews to support development of wider educational knowledge and experience and to share effective practice across the MAT. • The reviews form a pillar of the MAT Quality Assurance and Evaluation oversight providing independent education insight. The service will commence from 1st Jan 2027. The initial contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for another 2 years. The service is to run on-site school improvement reviews for each location. The focus of the reviews will be agreed in advance for each academy based on the school's own self-evaluation, school development plans and feedback on areas for improvement in previous external reviews. The reviews are not designed to be "mocksted" inspections, although inevitably areas for scrutiny will often mirror areas within the Ofsted inspection framework. Each review is anticipated to take approximately two days including half a day preparation, one day on site conducting the quality assurance review and half a day to produce a summary report for the school, Trust leaders, governors and Trustees. Whilst this lot focuses on the Primary phase, cross-phase tender submissions for all 21 academy reviews are encouraged. Tenderers should be clear which Lots there are bidding for.

Statusactive
Value£130,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Clear cost breakdown or price per review and total cost for each academic year, inclusive of any anticipated expenses. (40%)
Quality Assurance experience — Please provide details of your experience leading school improvement quality assurance reviews in comparable educational settings (10%)
Expertise and Qualifications — Please provide details of your credibility, expertise and professional standing of the proposed review team, including relevant qualifications and track record. (10%)
Ofsted inspection experience — Please provide details of your current and relevant experience of Ofsted inspection activity and/or senior leadership experience in school improvement. (10%)
Relevant phase experience — Please provide details of your proven knowledge and experience of working within the relevant educational phase(s) and context. (10%)
Alignment with BDAT values — Please provide details of the compatibility of your vision, value and ethos with the BDAT culture, values, ethos and ways of working (10%)
Quality of Report writing — Please provide details of the quality, clarity and impact of report writing, evidenced through submitted examples of previous review reports. (10%)

Educational Standard Reviews - Secondary Phase

This lot focuses on the Secondary phase, with 16 primary schools across the Bradford local authority area. Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) is seeking to procure school improvement review services to lead 1-day onsite education quality assurance reviews (assisted by BDAT senior colleagues) across the 5 Secondary Schools, all of which are located within the Bradford Local Authority area. The purpose of the reviews are: • To provide independently verified education insights into the progress and performance of each of our academies and to give support and challenge to enable further school improvement. • To ensure appropriate support & challenge, which drives holistic improvement in relation to the school and MAT professional challenge and feedback. • To provide a professional development opportunity for BDAT school leaders to undertake external reviews to support development of wider educational knowledge and experience and to share effective practice across the MAT. • The reviews form a pillar of the MAT Quality Assurance and Evaluation oversight providing independent education insight. The service will commence from 1st Jan 2027. The initial contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for another 2 years. The service is to run on-site school improvement reviews for each location. The focus of the reviews will be agreed in advance for each academy based on the school's own self-evaluation, school development plans and feedback on areas for improvement in previous external reviews. The reviews are not designed to be "mocksted" inspections, although inevitably areas for scrutiny will often mirror areas within the Ofsted inspection framework. Each review is anticipated to take approximately two days including half a day preparation, one day on site conducting the quality assurance review and half a day to produce a summary report for the school, Trust leaders, governors and Trustees. Whilst this lot focuses on the Secondary phase, cross-phase tender submissions for all 21 academy reviews are encouraged. Tenderers should be clear which Lots there are bidding for.

Statusactive
Value£50,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Jan 2027 to 31 Dec 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Clear cost breakdown or price per review and total cost for each academic year, inclusive of any anticipated expenses. (40%)
Quality Assurance experience — Please provide details of your experience leading school improvement quality assurance reviews in comparable educational settings (10%)
Expertise and Qualifications — Please provide details of your credibility, expertise and professional standing of the proposed review team, including relevant qualifications and track record. (10%)
Ofsted inspection experience — Please provide details of your current and relevant experience of Ofsted inspection activity and/or senior leadership experience in school improvement. (10%)
Relevant phase experience — Please provide details of your proven knowledge and experience of working within the relevant educational phase(s) and context. (10%)
Alignment with BDAT values — Please provide details of the compatibility of your vision, value and ethos with the BDAT culture, values, ethos and ways of working (10%)
Quality of Report writing — Please provide details of the quality, clarity and impact of report writing, evidenced through submitted examples of previous review reports. (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Primary education servicesNot published
2Secondary education servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Primary education services (80100000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 804,6232 median · 31.4 average (2,089 of 4,623 with a bid count)3.1 average (2,266 of 4,623 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer18 median · 8 average (1 of 1 with a bid count)2 average (1 of 1 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKE41103 median · 4 average (3 of 10 with a bid count)1.7 average (3 of 10 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3458 median · 7.3 average (7 of 345 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 345 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06ef48
Latest release ID082533-2026
Latest release timestampTue Sep 01 2026 10:05:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082533-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-25T10:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsBids should be submitted by email to jill.geering@bdat-academies.org (PA to Education Directors) Website - www.bdat-academies.org
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£180,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2026tender082533-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
1 Sept 2026 · 082533-2026 · tender
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