Official UK procurement notice
Teacher Assessment – English Writing Standardisation and Training
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
Department for Education (DfE), Standards Testing Agency (STA) is seeking to appoint a specialist company to carry out creation of a repository of self guided training material to enable standardisation of moderators for completion by October 2021 and create exercises by October each year for the 5 years the contract runs. On 19 October 2016, the Secretary of State (SoS) announced improved guidance for moderation and that mandatory training would be provided for all local authority (LA) moderators.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDepartment for Education (DfE), Standards Testing Agency (STA) is seeking to appoint a specialist company to carry out creation of a repository of self guided training material to enable standardisation of moderators for completion by October 2021 and create exercises by October each year for the 5 years the contract runs.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1On 19 October 2016, the Secretary of State (SoS) announced improved guidance for…Published value£385,000
On 19 October 2016, the Secretary of State (SoS) announced improved guidance for moderation and that mandatory training would be provided for all local authority (LA) moderators. STA will undertake national LA moderator training for KS1 and KS2 English writing in order to deliver SoS’s continued commitment. National training and standardisation will help ensure the teacher assessment (TA) frameworks are applied accurately and consistently across the country, contributing to the provision of a robust and reliable national data set.
DFE, STA is seeking to appoint one specialist company to carry out creation of a repository of self guided training material to enable standardisation of moderators.
The Requirement
- To gather moderated pupil scripts for use in the designing of activities and professional discussions and these must be from when the current frameworks were introduced.
- To produce activities and examples of professional discussions. These need to be done through a variety of delivery routes – including video.
- To produce yearly standardisation exercises for potential moderators to be assessed.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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 (3)
- Quality/ Technical: 60%
- price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality/ Technical: 60
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 30
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 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
- 4 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Apr 2021 – …
- Authority reference
Project_5334/ STA 0281- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004410- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02988fFind a Tender
Publisher note: Interested economic operators (Potential Contractors) are required to register on the Authority’s e-tendering portal. Applicants can access this system at https://education.app.jaggaer.com where the details of how to register and the terms of free registration are provided. Potential Contractors are referred to the procurement documents accompanying this Contract Notice for additional information on this procurement and in relation to this Contract Notice. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from or discontinue the procurement process, which shall include the right to not award a Contracts or Contracts as a result of this call for competition. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be in English and priced in sterling. The Authority will not be liable for any bid costs, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a Potential Contractor in proceeding or participating in this procurement, including if the procurement process is terminated or amended by the Authority.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 12 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
4 Mar 2021 → 12 Apr 2021 · 3 dates- Notice published4 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Submission deadline12 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened12 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria