Official UK procurement notice
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of PISA.
A contractor is required to undertake the fieldwork for PISA 2025 in Scotland. This involves recruiting schools, adapting, and administering the computer-based tests and questionnaires in schools, marking responses in accordance with procedures set out by the international consortium, quality assuring data and acting as National Project Manager (NPM) for Scotland. The work will include field trial (2020) and a main survey. Activities include liaising with the international consortium and ensuring that technical standards are met. Benefits: The outputs will provide the sole international comparison of the performance of Scotland's school pupils and be the 9th wave of the PISA time series going back to 2000. In 2025 the main domain of assessment will be Science. Key deliverables are the collection and submission of data to the OECD for international comparison and producing a fieldwork report. The OECD will publish the international report in December 2025 and SG will produce a Scotland-specific report simultaneously.
CPV: System quality assurance assessment and review services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A contractor is required to undertake the fieldwork for PISA 2025 in ScotlandAwardedRenewal
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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).
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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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 0.9
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows:
Total current assets divided by Total current liabilities.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- 10 Oct 2022, 11:36 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Apr 2023, 16:39 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/592042- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010027- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03744aFind a Tender
Publisher note: Project Code:22573. ITT: 46846 (SC Ref:728434)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Nov 2022 → 5 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline23 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened23 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until23 Feb 2023, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published5 Apr 2023, 16:39 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Apr 2023, 16:39 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Foundation for Educational Research | £895,031 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010027-2023-CASE/592042-1 · National Foundation for Educational Research
- Signed
- 30 Jan 2023
- Value
- £895,031
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Clerks OfficeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- National Foundation for Educational ResearchAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.