Closed tender

W5023 The School Improvement Service, the Quality Assurance Service and the Moderation Service

Details

Buyer: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Value: £1,000,000
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 18 May 2026
Submission: 12 June 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The council is looking to procure one provider to deliver a school improvement service, a quality assurance service for alterative provision and a moderation service provision. The Moderation Service is a statutory service under The Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) Order 2003, which was made pursuant to section 87 of the Education Act 2002. The Moderation Service therefore plays a central role in enabling the Council to fulfil its statutory duties to oversee performance, secure improvement, assure safeguarding practice, and ensure the accuracy of statutory assessment.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published18 May 2026
Current notice
Completed: Submission date12 June 2026

About the buyer

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Contract opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender, the UK government's central procurement platform introduced under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers register both an organisation profile and an administrator account there before submitting a bid. Buying decisions follow the council's Innovating our Success Commercial Strategy 2024-2029. Social value sits alongside price and quality in every award decision. A public contracts register lists every agreement the council has awarded.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in education and training, software and information systems and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov