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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Welsh Government

Personalised Assessments in Reading and Numeracy

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£20,000,000
Awarded
Published10 Aug 2023
RegionNationwide

£20,000,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
ICT Procurement
ICTProcurement@gov.wales
+44 3000257095

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£20.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£21.6m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Welsh Government is awarding a contract to deliver Personalised Assessments in Wales as a full end-to-end digital service.

Personalised assessments in reading and numeracy are statutory for learners in maintained schools in Wales from Years 2 to 9.

The adaptive assessments are designed to support understanding of individual learner progression as part of Curriculum for Wales.

The assessments are for formative use, with a range of feedback on individuals, classes and groups that support understanding of strengths and areas for improvement.

The successful supplier will be required to provide a continuation of a digital service, develop and deliver a suite of services, including: - An intuitive and user-friendly web-based and fully bilingual interface; - A suite of four web-based adaptive assessments – English Reading, Welsh Reading, Numeracy (Procedural) and Numeracy (Reasoning); - Content for the adaptive assessments appropriate for learners from Year 2 to 9 - Reporting (standardised and bespoke); - Bilingual support/service desk; and - Provide fully hosted infrastructure (UK/EU located data centre).

The successful supplier will be required to: - be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes; - ensure the solution is fully bilingual and complies with level AAA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) / ISO 40500:2012; - manage the integration with existing systems, ensuring efficient and ongoing data transfer and providing a fully integrated solution with a single sign-on; - manage the seamless and secure transition from the current service to the new solution, including all content and data migration, the adaptive algorithm and assessment reports; and - take an innovative approach, seeking to improve and add value to the service, as new products and approaches become available.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Welsh Government is awarding a contract

Welsh Government is awarding a contract to deliver Personalised Assessments in Wales as a full end-to-end digital service.

02

The adaptive assessments are designed to support

The adaptive assessments are designed to support understanding of individual learner progression as part of Curriculum for Wales.

03

The assessments are for formative use,

The assessments are for formative use, with a range of feedback on individuals, classes and groups that support understanding of strengths and areas for improvement.

04

The successful supplier will be required

The successful supplier will be required to provide a continuation of a digital service, develop and deliver a suite of services, including:.

05

Bilingual support/service desk;

Bilingual support/service desk; and.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

3 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Cyber EssentialsCertification & assessment schemes
be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes;
Cyber Essentials PlusCertification & assessment schemes
be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes;
ISO 27001 (information security)Standards you certify to
be certified under either ISO27001 or Cyber Essentials Plus schemes;

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038978
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
023358-2023
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