Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

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2 Contract Details

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Title

Promoting the opportunities available from greater use of technology in assessment

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Description of the goods or services required

This is a speculative notice to inform interested parties that Qualifications Wales wishes to award a contract for the provision of services to promote and explain the opportunities available from the use of technology in assessment. This will inform our thinking on a vision for use of eAssessment in qualifications in Wales and how that might affect our regulatory approach.

We are looking for an organisation who will work with us across the next two years to shed light on what can be achieved, what is being achieved in other countries or sectors, and to thereby help ensure that discussions and decisions are informed and enlightened.

We are seeking expressions of interest and responses to questions to inform our requirements for a tender process to be commenced in April 2019 - please see attached specification of indicative requirements and response form template for further information.

We are looking for an organisation that will provide an independent and well-informed view of the opportunities available from using technology in assessment and be prepared to challenge the status quo. As the regulator we need to stay neutral and to give full and balanced consideration to the benefits, risks and issues. We are therefore looking for an organisation with an enthusiastic and independent voice.

We would like to work with an organisation that has a good network with organisations who are developing assessment technologies and with experts who can speak with authority. We would prefer that the organisation does not have any financial links with specific assessment technologies. If this is the case, you will need to demonstrate how any conflict of interest can be avoided in order to be considered. We will also need to know if you are providing advice or consultancy to providers of specific assessment technologies and again how any conflict of interest could be avoided.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=90253.

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Notice Coding and Classification

3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

You are requested to express an interest by 'recording your interest' in this opportunity on Sell2Wales and uploading the completed response form to Sell2Wales by noon on 22 March 2019.

The services that we are looking for include:

- Running workshops with senior QW staff to share and promote ideas and to help us to develop our vision for e-assessment in Wales;

- Once we have some clarity on our vision and the opportunities – organising at least one large event for teachers, head-teachers, regional consortia, local authority and Welsh Government officials, awarding bodies and others in the qualifications system – speaking or providing speakers to showcase developments in other countries and industry sectors and to stimulate discussion. This is likely to be in late September and linked to the curriculum consultation;

- Running other sessions or attending other meetings (for example consortia led regional meetings or AoLE (Area of Learning and Experience) groups – to educate and stimulate discussion. These sessions would be at invitation from hosts so cannot be guaranteed. There are 4 education consortia and 6 AoLE groups. In addition, QW runs a Head Teacher reference group and WG runs a new curriculum programme (with various meeting groups) and there is a separate quarterly meeting for bodies who support the education system in Wales;

- Providing on-going advice to QW management team and qualifications development projects (ad hoc);

- Optionally - evaluation of improved awareness across the education sector;

- Optionally – attending GQ engagement/consultation events on QW proposed high level approach to the development of new qualifications.

You will be asked to propose opportunities to promote ideas as part of the tender. However, an initial event schedule would be agreed with us after contract award, within 4 weeks of the award (recognising additional ad hoc forums by also be agreed later on).

(WA Ref:90253)

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