Provision of Braille Quality Assurance resource for the Standards and Testing Agency

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What the notice says

Buyer

Department for Education

Published status

complete

Latest release reference

75d8de89-88a1-4fc6-bb36-ca07d807d12b-139575

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) codes: 80000000

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27 Aug 2026

The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is looking to appoint Braille experts to support Quality Assurance processes within STA in relation to modified Braille versions of key stage 1 and key stage 2 national curriculum tests. These national curriculum tests include the Year 1 Phonics screening check, English reading (key stage 1 and key stage 2), English grammar, punctuation and spelling (key stage 1 and key stage 2), mathematics (key stage 1 and key stage 2), Multiplication Check (key stage 2) and Science (key stage 2). Additional information: Responses to Clarification Questions will be posted here at regular intervals. The deadline for clarification questions has now been extended to midday Friday 9 September. Queries about the contract should be emailed to rashida.akbar@education.gsi.gov.uk and TestDevelopment.STA@education.gsi.gov.uk The maximum value of the framework is £10,000. Individual call-offs from the framework are awarded to successful bidders (on a first-come-first-served principle) each time Braille proofing services are required.

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   4 Apr 2017

   Latest variant observed by Bidwake on 16 Aug 2026.

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   Release reference

   75d8de89-88a1-4fc6-bb36-ca07d807d12b-139575

   Published tags

   award

Awards and suppliers

Published award and contract facts

• Provision of Braille Quality Assurance resource for the Standards and Testing Agency

  Buyer: Department for EducationSupplier: AA Transcription Services Ltd

  End date in notice

  31 May 2017

  Value shown in notice

  £10,000Whole award value; not assigned to one supplier

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  Award or lot reference

  ocds-b5fd17-0af9cc4a-adca-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b-1

• Provision of Braille Quality Assurance resource for the Standards and Testing Agency

  Buyer: Department for EducationSupplier: Lesley Blayney

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