Personalised Assessments in Reading and Numeracy

Concepts

• cardiff
• educational software
• welsh government
• wales
• adaptive assessments
• welsh reading
• assessments
• english reading
• numeracy
• assessment reports

Location

The will be a digital service and will be delivered to schools across Wales

Description

Welsh Government is intending to appoint a supplier 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.

Total Quantity or Scope

This is an open procurement to appoint a single supplier to deliver the services, as detailed in Section 2 (Specification) of the ITT. The contract will be for 4 years with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months (6 years in total). The Welsh Government would welcome consortium bids. Wider Economic and Social Benefits will be included in the evaluation of tenders.

Renewal Options

The contract will have the option to extend the duration by 2 periods of 12 months

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72212190 - Educational software development services
• 48190000 - Educational software package
• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The eTenderWales procurement portal will be used to administer the procurement exercise, please register free here if you are considering bidding: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/home.html The eTenderWales ITT details are as follows: Ref: itt_99210 Name: Online Reading and Numeracy Tests For technical advice accessing eTenderWales please contact the eTendering Helpdesk info: Mon – Fri; 8am to 6pm Phone: 0800 069 8634 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=126942 (WA Ref:126942) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.