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Prior Information Notice

Trialling And Sampling Framework for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) from 2014.

  • First published: 19 March 2014
  • Last modified: 19 March 2014

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Department for Education
Authority ID:
AA20011
Publication date:
19 March 2014
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE).

The STA's main functions are to:

— develop high quality and rigorous DfE tests and assessments in line with Ministerial policy;

— undertake operational delivery of DfE tests and assessment (including printing, distribution, marking and data capture of tests as appropriate);

— support schools, test centres and other stakeholders to deliver DfE tests and assessments;

— support and implement arrangements for moderation of teacher assessment judgements.

STA is responsible for developing and delivering the national curriculum tests and assessments and ensuring their proper and safe production and administration. These assessments operate across Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and key stages 1, 2 and 3 and are used by a wide range of maintained and other schools. STA is also responsible for developing and delivering Professional Skills Tests for prospective teachers.

Further information about STA and the national curriculum tests and assessments can be found at www.education.gov.uk/assessments.

Description of the contract

STA wish to establish a Trialling And Sampling Framework to carry out trials and sampling exercises for a range of DfE assessments. The framework will be established by mid-2014 and will operate for a maximum of four years.

Each year, around 560,000 children who have reached the end of key stage 2, participate in a range of National Curriculum Tests (NCTs) (and from 2016 onwards, a similar number of pupils at the end of key stage 1 will also participate in National Curriculum Tests), and around 35,000 skills tests are sat each year. Each potential test item and complete test is trialled with an appropriate target candidate.

The total value of the work over four years is expected to be between 500,000 GBP and 14,000,000 GBP.

Scheduled date for start of award procedures.

The framework will be established in time to allow a first call-off to potentially be awarded in October 2014, allowing for trialling to take place in spring 2015.

The required services include (but are not limited to):

General

— Project Management

— Management Information

— Security

— Equalities

— Business Continuity

— Financial Requirements

— Resources

— Quality Assurance

— Exit and Transition

Technical

— Recruitment and management of schools and test centres

— Recruitment, training and management of administrators

— Collection and distribution of assessment instruments

— Secure administration of tests in schools and test centres

— Test and pupil / candidate data handling

— Trial and sample admin reports

— Desktop Publishing

— Printing

— Marking of test scripts

— Management of scripts during marking

— Data capture and management

— Return of results

Indicative key dates.

Date Event

14.3.2014 Prior Information Notice (PIN) published;

14.4.2014 Supplier briefing to be held. The briefing will provide the opportunity for all to input to the specification in an open and safe environment which will encourage innovative thinking based on outcomes rather than inputs, and enable dialogue with potential suppliers to capture innovative ideas, ask and answer questions.

15.5.2014 Contract will be advertised in Contract Finder;

26.6.2014 Response to Tender to be submitted to DfE;

12.8.2014 Notification of framework to suppliers;

17.9.2014 Contract(s) award(s) and signatures;

18.9.2014 First call-off ITQ issued;

16.10.2014 ITQ Tenderer's response deadline;

6.11.2014 Contract call-off and signatures and commencement of mobilisation period.

Full notice text

PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

Department for Education, Standards and Testing Agency

Floor 7, 53-55 Butts Road, Earlsdon Park

Coventry
CV1 3BH
UK

Mark Horton

mark.horton@education.gsi.gov.uk




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I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

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No

Section II.B: Object of the Contract(SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)

II.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Trialling And Sampling Framework for the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) from 2014.

II.2)

Type of contract and place of delivery or of performance

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England.

UK

II.3)

Short description of nature and quantity or supplies or services

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education (DfE).

The STA's main functions are to:

— develop high quality and rigorous DfE tests and assessments in line with Ministerial policy;

— undertake operational delivery of DfE tests and assessment (including printing, distribution, marking and data capture of tests as appropriate);

— support schools, test centres and other stakeholders to deliver DfE tests and assessments;

— support and implement arrangements for moderation of teacher assessment judgements.

STA is responsible for developing and delivering the national curriculum tests and assessments and ensuring their proper and safe production and administration. These assessments operate across Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and key stages 1, 2 and 3 and are used by a wide range of maintained and other schools. STA is also responsible for developing and delivering Professional Skills Tests for prospective teachers.

Further information about STA and the national curriculum tests and assessments can be found at www.education.gov.uk/assessments.

Description of the contract

STA wish to establish a Trialling And Sampling Framework to carry out trials and sampling exercises for a range of DfE assessments. The framework will be established by mid-2014 and will operate for a maximum of four years.

Each year, around 560,000 children who have reached the end of key stage 2, participate in a range of National Curriculum Tests (NCTs) (and from 2016 onwards, a similar number of pupils at the end of key stage 1 will also participate in National Curriculum Tests), and around 35,000 skills tests are sat each year. Each potential test item and complete test is trialled with an appropriate target candidate.

The total value of the work over four years is expected to be between 500,000 GBP and 14,000,000 GBP.

Scheduled date for start of award procedures.

The framework will be established in time to allow a first call-off to potentially be awarded in October 2014, allowing for trialling to take place in spring 2015.

The required services include (but are not limited to):

General

— Project Management

— Management Information

— Security

— Equalities

— Business Continuity

— Financial Requirements

— Resources

— Quality Assurance

— Exit and Transition

Technical

— Recruitment and management of schools and test centres

— Recruitment, training and management of administrators

— Collection and distribution of assessment instruments

— Secure administration of tests in schools and test centres

— Test and pupil / candidate data handling

— Trial and sample admin reports

— Desktop Publishing

— Printing

— Marking of test scripts

— Management of scripts during marking

— Data capture and management

— Return of results

Indicative key dates.

Date Event

14.3.2014 Prior Information Notice (PIN) published;

14.4.2014 Supplier briefing to be held. The briefing will provide the opportunity for all to input to the specification in an open and safe environment which will encourage innovative thinking based on outcomes rather than inputs, and enable dialogue with potential suppliers to capture innovative ideas, ask and answer questions.

15.5.2014 Contract will be advertised in Contract Finder;

26.6.2014 Response to Tender to be submitted to DfE;

12.8.2014 Notification of framework to suppliers;

17.9.2014 Contract(s) award(s) and signatures;

18.9.2014 First call-off ITQ issued;

16.10.2014 ITQ Tenderer's response deadline;

6.11.2014 Contract call-off and signatures and commencement of mobilisation period.

500 00014 000 000GBP

II.4)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

80000000

II.5)

Scheduled date for start of award procedures

 15-05-2014

II.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

Yes

II.7)

Additional information

Disclaimers and conditions: No information contained on the DfE website, this notice or in any communication made between STA and any party in connection with this requirement, shall be relied upon as constituting a contract, agreement or representation that any contract will necessarily be offered.

STA reserves the right to change without notice any documents and communications, in whole or in part.

Under no circumstances shall STA incur any liability in respect of this supporting documentation and STA will not reimburse any costs incurred by any parties in connection with their use of these communications nor in connection with participation at the Supplier briefing.

All dates are provided for guidance only and are subject to change without notice.

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)

Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them

III.2)

Conditions for participation

III.2.1)

Reserved contracts

No
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Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community fund

No

VI.2)

Additional information

VI.3)

Information on general regulatory framework

VI.4)

Date of dispatch of this notice

 14-03-2014

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80000000 Education and training services Education

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

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There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
mark.horton@education.gsi.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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