Contracts Finder notice
Multiplication Tables Check - Live Support and Maintenance
Authority: Department for Education
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Standards and Testing Agency (STA) have contracted with the Supplier to maintain, manage and continuously develop their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) system called the MTC Service, which is used by schools to deliver a statutory assessment to all year 4 pupils.
The MTC Service is in a live operational delivery state from April - July each academic year. The assessment is administered to pupils during a 3-week administration window in June - this period is the MTC Service's Peak Period. Continuous Improvement and pre-go live assurance work shall be undertaken from August - end March to ensure service improvements can be made in response to research and lessons learned, necessary technical service developments and operational DfE and STA assurance activities.The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) have contracted with the Supplier to maintain, manage and continuously develop their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) system called the MTC Service, which is used by schools to deliver a statutory assessment to all year 4 pupils.
The MTC Service is in a live operational delivery state from April - July each academic year. The assessment is administered to pupils during a 3-week administration window in June - this period is the MTC Service's Peak Period. Continuous Improvement and pre-go live assurance work shall be undertaken from August - end March to ensure service improvements can be made in response to research and lessons learned, necessary technical service developments and operational DfE and STA assurance activities.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_421841/1430987
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- SW1P 3BT; London, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision1 Dec 2024
- Contract starts1 Dec 2024
- Notice published2 Dec 2024
- Contract ends30 Nov 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Department for EducationContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Kainos Software LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-9085dbac-5398-4752-bc35-892c3a35994a-2024-12-02T14:37:01Z
- Published
- 2 Dec 2024
- Latest update
- 2 Dec 2024
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-9085dbac-5398-4752-bc35-892c3a35994a
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-9085dbac-5398-4752-bc35-892c3a35994a-1