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Published 7 Nov 2023, 17:04 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

STA exemplification and standardisation materials

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£200,000≈ £200k / year
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2023
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2024
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

This ITT is by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on behalf of the Department for Education, to carry out a competitive procurement exercise to award a contract for video and material creation services. This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA. The maximum contract value, if the maximum extension is enacted by STA, is therefore expected to be £120-200k.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This ITT is by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on behalf of the Department for Education, to carry out a competitive procurement exercise to award a contract for video and material creation services.

This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA. The value of the initial term (1 year) is expected to be £60-100k. The maximum contract value, if the maximum extension is enacted by STA, is therefore expected to be £120-200k.

STA requires external creation services for:

Standardisation trial:

  • Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format
  • Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts
  • Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts
  • Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format
  • Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback
  • Quality assurance review of all created materials

Exemplification materials:

STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for:

  • Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials;
  • Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.

For more information and to bid for this contract, please visit the Department for Education's e-tendering portal: education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1STA requires external creation services for:Renewal 1 yr

STA requires external creation services for:

Standardisation trial:

  • Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format
  • Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts
  • Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts
  • Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format
  • Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback
  • Quality assurance review of all created materials

Exemplification materials:

STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for:

  • Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials;
  • Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.
Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2025 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract may be extended at the sole discretion of the Department subject to requirements and budgetary approvals and shall be extended for a period from one month up to a total of one year.Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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 Nov 2023, 17:04 GMT
Last source update
7 Nov 2023, 17:04 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-032976
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041693 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Nov 2023 → 1 May 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Notice published
    7 Nov 2023, 17:04 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    1 May 2024, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria