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Standards and Testing Agency - Statutory reading assessment in Key Stage 3 - Engagement opportunity

Administrative educational services
Education and training services
Location not published
Published value
£1
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "Standards and Testing Agency - Statutory reading assessment in Key Stage 3 - Engagement opportunity". Published status: planning. Published value: £1. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for EducationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Education
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Education. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
40%Historical Average
Based on 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.2Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Flood Control (NI)Top vendor: 46.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 185 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Flood Control (NI)3 wins£60,000,000
Ground Control Limited2 wins£40,000,000
Personnel Hygiene Services Limited trading as PHS Group plc1 win£10,586,364
McAvoy Modular Offsite Limited2 wins£9,743,488
IRARA SERVICES LIMITED1 win£4,585,304
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Education
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
Last source update18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAdministrative educational services, Education and training services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066e22
What is being bought
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE) responsible for developing and delivering national curriculum assessments in England. Following the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review, the DfE has committed to delivering a new statutory reading assessment in Key Stage 3 by 2028/2029. The purpose of this notice is to inform the market of the STA’s intention to undertake early, explorative market engagement. STA is considering and open to a range of delivery models and will be arranging 1:1s with interested and capable organisations to discuss potential delivery approaches with the market. These sessions will provide an opportunity for dialogue with organisations to discuss the possibilities for the development and delivery of this test within the planned timeframe. Any information regarding feasibility, timescales and a broad indication of the level of contract spend is extremely helpful for us at this stage. Discussion around potential delivery models will also help to inform the direction of this work. 1:1 meetings will be held w/c 30th March. Slots for the 1:1s will be available to sign up to immediately via Jaggaer. There may be an opportunity to open further sessions in the w/c 13th April if all slots are filled in the first week. For further details and to arrange a 1:1 please express your interest in this via the Jaggaer portal www.education.app.jaggaer.com
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
  2. Status changed to planning
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    18 Mar 2026, 16:57 GMT
  3. engagement
    27 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Please apply via the Jaggaer portal - Click "view Opportunities" create an account if needed, then select this opportunity to apply.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDZG-3487-DPVD
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published