Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000628864
E-mail: alun.richards@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Marking Service for Numerical Reasoning
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Welsh Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”) wishes to invite interested organisations to submit proposals to support the delivery of the testing agenda by providing a supported marking service for key stage 3 in secondary schools, i.e. Years 7, 8 and 9 for the 2018 and 2019 testing rounds. This will support approximately 210 schools marking papers for 95,000 pupils.
The service will support schools to apply the appropriate methods for marking Numerical Reasoning test papers.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 300 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80100000
80200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The National Reading and Numeracy Tests are currently paper-based tests for all learners in years 2-9 in maintained schools in Wales. The tests are delivered and administered in schools annually (at the end of April/beginning of May).
From the 2018-19 academic year, there will be a phased introduction of online adaptive tests, beginning with the Numeracy (Procedural) tests.
The Welsh Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers (hereinafter referred to as the “Client”) wishes to invite interested organisations to submit proposals to support the delivery of the testing agenda by providing a supported marking service for key stage 3 in secondary schools, i.e. Years 7, 8 and 9 for the 2018 and 2019 testing rounds. This will support approximately 210 schools marking papers for 95,000 pupils.
The service will support schools to apply the appropriate methods for marking Numerical Reasoning test papers.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Understanding of the requirement
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Experience and capability of the team
/ Weighting: 35
Quality criterion: Approach to quality assurance and project management
/ Weighting: 15
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 155-322007
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11/12/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NFER
The Mere, Upton Park
Slough
SL1 2DQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1753637328
NUTS: UKL
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please note that if the extension period is invoked, the contract value for the additional 12 months will be the same as that of the two individual preceding years.
(WA Ref:74601)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000628864
Internet address(es)
URL: http://wales.gov.uk/?skip=1&lang=en
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/12/2017