Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312448156
E-mail: tony.aitken@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021
Reference number: PCS-t Project No.10708 - CASE/391469
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79311000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The contract involved the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4 000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD’s strict criteria.
This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
806 701.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
75121000
80200000
73200000
73110000
72314000
72316000
73000000
79311400
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
Main site or place of performance:
Scotland.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract involved the provision of the PISA assessment in up to 120 secondary schools, with up to 4 000 pupils. The assessment is computer based, covering maths, reading and science (majoring on maths in 2021) and the additional assessment domain of creative thinking. The contractor will act as the designated National Centre for Scotland and will ensure delivery of the assessment according to the OECD’s strict criteria. The contractor will be responsible for: validating and testing new assessment items in maths and creative thinking; sampling schools; sampling pupils within schools; testing the software delivery system on school IT networks; delivering a 3-hour assessment and questionnaire; coding, cleaning and submitting data within the OECD’s deadlines; verifying the accuracy of the data returned by the OECD; and delivering match datasets for further linkage and analysis. Contractors will be required to produce reports on the conduct of the survey and deliver their final dataset. The main survey fieldwork will take place in October/November 2021, with a full field trial in March 2020.
This contract does not include production of the final report, which is carried out by the Scottish Government.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 70
Cost criterion: Cost
/ 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
II.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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:
2018/S 104-237571
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: CASE/391469
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30/11/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
National Foundation for Educational Research
The Mere, Upton Park
Slough
SL1 2DQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1753637281
E-mail: bdg@nfer.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.nfer.ac.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 806 701.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Question scoring methodology for selection criteria: pass/fail.
Award criteria questions, weightings and technical scoring (0-4) methodology guidance can be found in the ITT.
This is a single lot, single supplier contract.
(SC Ref:576995)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312447556
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/03/2019