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# Invitation to Tender for Item Writing Service Framework for Standards and Testing Agency

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-item-writing-service-framework-for-standards-and-testing-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-04dd9b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The Department of Education, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), is inviting potential suppliers to submit their bids for the new 2025-2029 Item Writing Services Framework. As part of the test development process, the STA, on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE), is seeking to appoint suppliers experienced in item writing to support the development of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 National Curriculum tests. There is an option to extend the framework term for up to 12 months, until August 2030. Published service areas include: Item writing; Informal item trialling; Reviewing, refining and amending items; Item classification; Design (items and texts); Text searching / sourcing (English reading); Reviewing texts (English reading); Text selection (English reading)/Context selection (science); Text trialling (English reading); Informal item and text trialling (English reading); Printing to meet handover or trialling requirements; Developing mark schemes; Developing coding…

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £2,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 April 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04dd9b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-item-writing-service-framework-for-standards-and-testing-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-04dd9b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-item-writing-service-framework-for-standards-and-testing-agency-ocds-h6vhtk-04dd9b#participate

## Description
The Department of Education, the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), is inviting potential suppliers to submit their bids for the new 2025-2029 Item Writing Services Framework.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 31/08/2029

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004513-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-11T11:49:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-02T13:22:14.325Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04dd9b