# STA-0322 Quality Assurance Framework 24-26

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Published: 12 June 2023
- Planned start: 1 January 2024
- Planned end: 31 July 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 180a1415-296c-4271-868d-2f9dac5f15e6-652795
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-77e06da3-d9c5-4e9a-9031-c9c0875da5df

## Description

The Standards and Testing Agency \(STA\), an executive agency of the Department for Education \(DfE\) is looking to procure a pool of proofers to quality assure key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests and reception baseline assessment to ensure that these tests are accurate and of high quality\. The national curriculum tests include the year 1 phonics screening check, English grammar, punctuation and spelling \(key stage 1 and key stage 2\), English reading \(key stage 1 and key stage 2\), mathematics \(key stage 1 and key stage 2\), and the year 4 multiplication tables check \(MTC\)\. Bidders should be experienced professionals from a range of backgrounds including the early years / key stage 1 / key stage 2 curriculum, teaching, assessment, marking and editorial work, who can offer specialist or professional skills such as subject knowledge and/or proofing training or experience in paper and on-line environments\. There are two key areas: - Paper-based review including proofing - On-screen review including proofing, quality assurance and functionality Ensuring overall quality at STA includes the following activities: Paper-based and on-screen proofing to ensure: - accuracy and consistency within and across documents; - that tests and mark schemes reflect each other; - the materials meet editorial and the style guidelines; and - that the modified tests reflect and/or match the live tests, as appropriate\. Quality Assurance of on-screen environments to ensure: - accuracy of content compared with previous versions; - accuracy and consistency within and across assessment versions; - test delivery programme function; - information presentation; - scoring accuracy; and - reporting accuracy\. STA is looking for individuals or organisations who have a good understanding of the early years framework / national curriculum for key stages 1 and 2 in England, in English reading / literacy, English grammar, punctuation and spelling, mathematics / numeracy, including application of skills and use of data in addition to relevant professional experience\. Experience is likely to come from the classroom, working as a subject advisor to schools, curriculum development, marking, test development or wider assessment development or from a publishing or professional proofing background\. Additionally, experts engaged for proofing will have experience of proofing complex materials, on paper and preferably on screen\. Additional information: An invitation to tender \(ITT\) for the provision of the Quality Assurance resource \(ref: STA-0322\) containing all information relevant to this procurement is attached to this notice\. Both clarifications and tenders should be emailed to TendersTD\.STA@education\.gov\.uk\. Please note that the closing date for all bids is 28th July 2023 at 12:00 and any clarification questions must be received no later than 17th July 2023 at 12:00\.

## Related contract awards

- [Inclusion Bases: exploring evidence of impact and models\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76dee6b0-7bcc-49cd-b784-34d2192c05a4): Department for Education
- [Understanding the cost of undergraduate provision and qualifications in the HE sector in England\_con\_27513](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5134e27c-b67c-449d-89e7-92e3a879c33b): Department for Education
- [IT Research and Advisory Services II](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-db7f8498-b870-407b-a72f-9d6a97072ad6): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/180a1415-296c-4271-868d-2f9dac5f15e6-652795)