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title: "Provision of the Secondary Transfer Test and Test Administration Services"
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# Provision of the Secondary Transfer Test and Test Administration Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-the-secondary-transfer-test-and-test-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043496). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS: "Provision of the Secondary Transfer Test and Test Administration Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.thebucksgrammarschools.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-buckinghamshire-grammar-schools-GB-COH-08615758)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Education and training services, Primary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ13
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,303,714 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043496`

## Before you bid
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- **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/provision-of-the-secondary-transfer-test-and-test-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043496#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [thebucksgrammarschools.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebucksgrammarschools.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-the-secondary-transfer-test-and-test-administration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-043496#participate

## Description
Test provision and test administration services for the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test:
1. Secondary Transfer Test Provision: including test development, printing and delivery and collection of test materials to test centres, marking tests and producing results data.
2. Test Administration Services: including registration of children for testing, allocating children to test centres, issuing results, selection reviews and communications with parents, schools and test centres.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Secondary Transfer Test Provision
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The provider will be required to devise an appropriate secondary transfer test or tests that will be administered to pupils at the beginning of their final year at primary school. The tests must be unique for TBGS, reliable and fair and ensure that c...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Test Administration Services
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75121000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The provider will be required to provide test registration, test administration services and results and reviews services. They will be required to devise a registration system to collect information about pupils intending to take the Secondary Trans...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Secondary Transfer Test Provision (active)
  - Award id: `018646-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **GL ASSESSMENT LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-166860`
  - Value: £1,334,714 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Test Administration Services (active)
  - Award id: `018646-2024-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Buckinghamshire Council**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-116331`
  - Value: £969,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Secondary Transfer Test Provision (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,334,714
  - Signed Date: 12/06/2024

- **Contract:** Test Administration Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £969,000
  - Signed Date: 12/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018646-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-17T14:15:53.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T21:48:05.147Z
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