Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
UK
E-mail: tenderstd.sta@education.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
con_24721 STA exemplification and standardisation materials
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract for the supply of professional creation services for standardisation trial
materials and exemplification materials
This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
153 655.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
STA requires external creation services for:
Standardisation trial:
• Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format
• Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts
• Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts
• Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format
• Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback
• Quality assurance review of all created materials
Exemplification materials:
STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for:
• Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials;
• Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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:
2023/S 000-030281
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: con_24721
Title: con_24721 STA exemplification and standardisation materials
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/02/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 2
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
AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd c/o AQA
04801609
Devas Street
Manchester
M15 6EX
UK
NUTS: 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:
: 153 655.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts Of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/03/2024