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Procurement activity
- Open
Published 19 days ago
Research in to Standards in GCSE's in relation to Norm and Criterion referencing
Close date: 10/10/2022A Two Year Framework for Assessment research exploring and explaining standards in GCSE's and A Levels in relation to Norm and Criterion referencing.
- Awarded
Published a month ago
Review of Qualifications Wales approach to inclusion and diversity and the provision of training
Qualifications Wales wishes to award a contract for the provision of consultancy to conduct a review of our approach to inclusion and diversity and for the provision of a training programme for employees and Board members, building on the review findings....
- Awarded
Published 2 months ago
Creation of Youth Friendly and Easy to Read Information
In January 2020, the Welsh Government published the updated version of the new Curriculum for Wales. The new curriculum will be introduced for first teaching to learners in year 6 and below in Wales from September 2022. Given the changes to the curriculum...
- Awarded
Published 2 months ago
RECONFIGURATION OF OFFICE LAYOUT, CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MEETING ROOM SPACE, AND PURCHASE OF ADDITIO
Qualifications Wales (QW) occupies the ground floor within Q2 Building in Imperial Park, Newport and has worked with an office design provider to create a floor layout and design visuals, that meet the hybrid working needs of the organisation to create a ...
- Awarded
Published 3 months ago
Board Effectiveness Review
Qualifications Wales wishes to award a contract for the provision of a Board Effectiveness Review. The main objective of the Board Performance Review is to support the Board to operate the highest standard of leadership and governance by: - Providing an o...
- Awarded
Published 3 months ago
Research: Learner & Teacher views on GCSE Adaptations Summer 2022
We are Tendering a for piece of research that aims to explore: a) learners’ and teachers’ views on their experiences of the adaptations to their qualifications for summer 2022, and, b) Whether and how the adaptations relate to their experience of progress...
- Awarded
Published 4 months ago
Key holding and Security Services
Qualifications Wales occupies the ground floor within the Q2 Building, a leased building in Imperial Park, Newport. We are tendering for a company to provide Keyholding & Incident Response Services. The Contract will be for 2 years with 2 options to exten...
- Awarded
Published 5 months ago
A Technical Review of the Design Principles for the Essential Skills Wales Suite of Qualifications
Qualifications Wales wishes to award a contract for a desk-based review of the Design Principles for the Essential Skills Wales (ESW) suite of qualifications The Design Principles is a regulatory document that outlines the rationale, structure, aims, lear...
- Awarded
Published 8 months ago
Independent Reviewers & Exam Procedures Review Advice Service
Qualifications Wales wishes to award contracts for services for independent reviewers and Exam Procedures Review Service (EPRS) advisors. As the regulator of qualifications in Wales, there are some regulatory decisions which could lead to an independent r...
- Awarded
Published 8 months ago
Active Offer Resource Pack for Awarding Bodies
We are looking to contract with an expert on the ‘Active Offer’ to gather examples of good practice from within the qualification system and relevant examples from other sectors, and to use these to include in a supportive resource pack that will engage a...
- Awarded
Published 9 months ago
Transcriptions service
The contract will enable Qualifications Wales to ‘call-off’ transcription services as we require from 31 January 2022 until 30 January 2024, with an option to extend for up to a further 12 months. The supplier will be required to Transcribe audio recordin...
- Awarded
Published 10 months ago
Facilities Management Services
- Lot One Planned and Reactive Facilities Management Services o Statutory Inspections and Maintenance o Planned Preventative Maintenance o Break Down Maintenance and Alterations o Potentially Minor new works projects – for which quotes must be supplied - ...
- Awarded
Published 10 months ago
Facilities Management Services
122,757 GBP- Lot One Planned and Reactive Facilities Management Services o Statutory Inspections and Maintenance o Planned Preventative Maintenance o Break Down Maintenance and Alterations o Potentially Minor new works projects – for which quotes must be supplied - ...
- Awarded
Published 10 months ago
Research - Learner Engagement Travel,Tourism, Hospitality and Catering
The contract will run between January 2022 and August 2022. 1. The research supplier will plan and conduct an effective engagement exercise to conduct Learner engagement, with a sample Learners drawn from both full-time courses and apprenticeships in the...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Facilitation services to support the 'Qualified for the Future Project'
We are inviting tenders for the award of a contract for the provision of facilitation services to support various stakeholder groups that Qualifications Wales will operate to help shape the reform of qualifications for 14–16-year-olds in Wales. The work t...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Commissioning of the Development, Delivery & Award of the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Level 3 Qualification
6,335,315 GBPAward of a concession contract to an awarding body to develop, deliver & award the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (Level 3) qualification primarily designed for learners aged 16 to 19 in Wales. This qualification must be ready for first teaching fro...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Research with education professionals involved in qualification grading decisions summer 21
A research contract to deliver a two-stage research project: A) An online survey for teachers, lecturers and heads of centre who have been involved in grading decisions for qualifications due to be awarded in summer 2021; B) Follow-up semi-structured inte...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Internal Audit Services
Public Sector Internal Audit Standards require Internal Audit to provide “an annual Internal Audit opinion and report that can be used by the organisation to inform its governance statement”. This opinion will take the form of a narrative summarising rel...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Survey of the public opinions of non-degree qualifications in Wales
The contract will be a framework for delivery of our survey of the public opinions of non-degree qualifications in Wales over the next three years. The survey shall be conducted in English or Welsh at the respondent’s request. QW will provide a set of que...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Research- Staff Survey
To deliver an annual staff survey for Qualifications Wales. The survey should be delivered in an online format, with the option for staff to choose whether to complete it in English or Welsh. We will provide the Supplier with the questionnaire in both Eng...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
International educational assessment systems & their involvement of teachers
To provide an account of how national educational assessment systems involving teacher assessment in schools are designed and the conditions that are in place to support assessment of attainment We would like, through this piece of work, to reflect on a r...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Further Competition under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for Qualification Wales and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon
30,321 GBPThe contracting authority are tendering for insurance services (excluding broking services) under further competition under the YPO framework – in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Lot 1: Property Further competition under insurance placement D...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Further Competition under Insurance Placement DPS 978 for Qualification Wales and their appointed Insurance Broker - Aon
30,321 GBPThe Contracting Authority are tendering for insurance services (excluding broking services) under further competition under the YPO Framework – in accordance with the terms of that agreement. Lot 1: Property Further Competition under Insurance Placement D...
- Awarded
Published a year ago
Public Affairs Support
As the independent regulator of qualifications in Wales, we need to be informed and aware of all relevant aspects of public life that are relevant to our work. We are keen to continue to build engagement among elected members and their teams including and...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Finance & HR Cloud Software
301,287 GBPThe provision of Finance and HR cloud software (SAAS or other similar hosted arrangement) to include software licensing, implementation, training, support and other services. Lot 1: Finance Cloud Software We require the finance cloud software to be a COTS...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Software package and information systems
301,287 GBPThe provision of Finance and HR cloud software (SAAS or other similar hosted arrangement) to include software licensing, implementation, training, support and other services. We require the finance cloud software to be a COTS product and have the followin...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Finance & HR Cloud Software
301,287 GBPThe provision of Finance and HR cloud software (SAAS or other similar hosted arrangement) to include software licensing, implementation, training, support and other services. Lot 1: Finance Cloud Software We require the finance cloud software to be a COTS...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
RESEARCH INTO ASSESSMENTS OF OCCUPATIONAL OR PRACTICAL COMPETENCE OUTSIDE OF REGULATED QUALIFICATION
We would like to commission research that would help us reflect on how assessments of competence could be sampled and structured. The Consultant will be expected to produce 2-4 case studies of designs for assessing competence from outside of regulated qua...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Online Recruitment Advertising
Qualifications Wales wishes to award a three-year contract for the provision of Online Recruitment Advertising with an option to extend for up to a further twelve months. The procurement process has now concluded.
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Integrated Communications, PR, Marketing and External Relations Service
Qualifications Wales (QW) wishes to award a contract to a Supplier for an Integrated Communications, PR, Marketing and External Relation service to support strategic and impactful communications. We want to grow and thrive as an organisation, to support l...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
QW Expert Services Health & Social Care and Childcare Qualifications
Subject experts are required for the monitoring of new Health and Social Care, and Childcare qualifications being delivered by City & Guilds and WJEC. The work for the monitoring of Health and Social Care, and Childcare qualifications will entail the subj...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Providing support for Public Consultations
100,000 GBPProvide support to delivery of Qualifications Wales’ public consultations A three year framework with an option to extend 12 months, to provide support for future consultations that Qualifications Wales intends to conduct which may include any of the fol...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Provide support to delivery of Qualifications Wales’ public consultations. A 3-year framework with an option to extend 12 months, to provide support for future consultations that Qualifications Wales intends to conduct which may include any of the followi...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Research Stakeholder Confidence Survey
Qualifications Wales (QW) runs a program of measuring and exploring confidence in qualifications and the qualification system. An important part of this program is an ongoing piece of qualitative research which explores stakeholder confidence in qualifi...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Leadership & Management Training WGSB collaboration
This is a collaborative procurement to appoint a Supplier to develop and deliver a Leadership and Management programme for staff from across the Welsh Government Sponsored Bodies sector led by Qualifications Wales (QW) on behalf of the Welsh Government Sp...
- Awarded
Published 2 years ago
Headhunter Services for Board Members & Senior Staff
Qualifications Wales wishes to award a contract for the provision of headhunter services to support the recruitment of both senior staff and non-executive Board members.
- Awarded
Published 3 years ago
Education and training services
9,798,880 GBPThis is a call for competition to commission an awarding body or consortium of awarding bodies to develop a suite of building services and construction qualifications (the qualifications) to meet the needs of learners in Wales from age 16 upwards and addr...
- Awarded
Published 5 years ago
Education and training services
11,191,869 GBPThe aim of this tender is to commission awarding bodies to develop a suite of Health and Social Care and Childcare qualifications (the New Qualifications) to meet the needs of learners in Wales from age 14 upwards and to address the issues raised in the Q...
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Chief Officer
Chief Executive
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C-level & Execs
Director of Qualifications Policy & Reform
Redacted nameOperationsredacted_email@subdomain.gov.uk+44 1234 567 891Executive Director - Regulation
Redacted nameEducator, IT & Digital, Legal & Compliance, Operations, Service Deliveryredacted_email@subdomain.gov.uk+44 1234 567 891Executive Director - Corporate Resources
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Supplier relationships
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| Supplier name | SME? | Number of awards | View awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| City & Guilds | No | 4 | View awards |
| Civica UK Ltd | No | 3 | View awards |
| MHR | No | 3 | View awards |
| Opinion Research Services Ltd | Yes | 3 | View awards |
| WJEC/CBAC | No | 3 | View awards |