Official UK procurement notice
National monitoring programme feasibility study
Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
CPV: E-learning services · Evaluation consultancy services · Primary education services · Research consultancy services · Research services · Secondary education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Welsh Government is procuring a feasibility study to develop fully costed and…AwardedPublished value£416,666
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.
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Understanding of the policy context - Demonstration of a clear understanding of the policy context and need for this feasibility study: 15%
- Proposed approach to project delivery - Proposed approach to delivering project.: 30%
- Expertise of resource - Describe the staffing resources and expertise of staff that would be brought to this project.: 25%
- Project management plan - Understanding of, and ability to meet, project timetable and dependencies / risks.: 10%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (5)
- Understanding of the policy context - Demonstration of a clear understanding of the policy context and need for this feasibility study: 15
- Proposed approach to project delivery - Proposed approach to delivering project.: 30
- Expertise of resource - Describe the staffing resources and expertise of staff that would be brought to this project.: 25
- Project management plan - Understanding of, and ability to meet, project timetable and dependencies / risks.: 10
- Price: 20
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Jul 2023, 16:16 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Dec 2023, 10:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Oct 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C075/2023/2024- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037805- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Performance terms
As stated in the tender documentation.
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
21 Aug 2023 → 22 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Next notice expected21 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened27 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published22 Dec 2023, 10:55 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Sept 2023- Published value updated to £416,66621 Sept 2023, 15:33 BSTwas £416,000
- Status changed to active21 Sept 2023, 15:33 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Sept 2023, 15:33 BST
- Deadline published: 26 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST21 Sept 2023, 15:33 BST
- Status changed to complete22 Dec 2023, 10:55 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd | £391,196 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 037805-2023-C075/2023/2024-1 · AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Dec 2023
- Value
- £391,196
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AlphaPlus Consultancy LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria