STA exemplification and standardisation materials

Tender description

This is advanced notice of the intention to issue an Invitation to Tender (ITT) by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), on behalf of the Department for Education, to carry out a competitive procurement exercise to award a contract for video and material creation services. Lot 1: This contract will be for a minimum of one year, with an optional extension, subject to the requirements and budgetary approval of STA. STA requires external creation services for: Standardisation trial: • Creation of three pupil Standardisation scripts and commentaries for key stage 2 (KS2) teacher assessment following the existing standardisation format • Creation of two teacher judgment videos supporting two of the pupil scripts • Creation of three teacher judgment transcripts supporting all the pupil scripts • Creation of 2-3 additional pupil materials, per pupil script example, in accordance with current Standardisation exercise material format • Completion of user testing feedback to provide clear understanding and comparison between video and transcript user feedback • Quality assurance review of all created materials Exemplification materials: STA requires external professional proofing, enhancing and creation services for: • Proofing, enhancing and quality assurance review of existing KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials; • Creation and quality assurance review of new KS2 teacher assessment frameworks exemplification materials.