Test Operations Service 2025

Description

• The purpose of this notice is to notify the market of STA’s commencement of procurement activity, to identify and appoint a suitably qualified Supplier to deliver the STA’s Test Operations Service 2025 requirement. • The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education which is required to deliver statutory National Curriculum Assessments (NCAs), including Reception Baseline, Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2) assessments. The Test Operations Service 2025 project has been launched to seek a Supplier to deliver NCA test operations on behalf of STA, in England only, from the 2025-26 test cycle onwards when the current contract expires. • The procurement will be managed on the Department for Education’s Jaggaer e-sourcing platform, and full details of the procurement, including all tender documents and the service specification, are available therein. Please go to https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html, click on the “View Opportunities button and “Test Operations Service 2025” to access the opportunity. Please note that registration is required for access. • Interested organisations should review the available documentation, and carefully read the Invitation to Participate document which sets out the stages of the procurement, timelines, and information that must be submitted. • Background: The primary purpose of STA is to provide an effective and robust testing, assessment and moderation system to measure and monitor pupils’ progress and attainment between reception and the end of KS2. STA is responsible for the development and delivery of national curriculum tests and assessments in England, under statutory instruments, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education.