Education and training services

Tender description

Quality assurance — evaluation of apprenticeship assessment (External Quality Assurance “EQA”). This tender relates to the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA)/Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) making arrangements for evaluation of apprenticeship assessment (EQA) where the employer group has nominated the Institute for Apprenticeships to make arrangements for the evaluation of apprenticeship assessment for that Standard, or by default where it has failed to nominate an approved alternative such as Ofqual, a professional body or employer group. The Institute is seeking one or more organisations to deliver an EQA service for any apprenticeship Standard where the Institute is the named EQA provider. The service must ensure that the integrity of end-point assessment is maintained over time and continues to meet employers’ needs, including that there is consistency of assessment delivery, process and outcomes across each EPAO and each Standard. The Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA)/Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE) is seeking 1 or more organisations to deliver an EQA service for any apprenticeship Standard where the Institute is the named EQA provider. The service must ensure that the integrity of end-point assessment is maintained over time and continues to meet employers’ needs, including that there is consistency of assessment delivery, process and outcomes across each EPAO and each Standard.