Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c30-bd20-737c-aae0-221859f167b0/national-professional-qualification-final-assessment-delivery awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # National Professional Qualification final assessment delivery [Department For Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Open field Estimated value £2,500,000 to £3,900,000 Published 20 Jul 2016 Deadline Closed 1 Sept 2016 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL), an executive agency of the Department for Education, is undertaking a procurement exercise to deliver final assessments for participants undertaking the National Professional Qualifications. Each qualification includes a final assessment that participants undertake when completing their period of professional development. The final assessment process acts as a quality indicator and supports progression to further study or more senior roles including Headteacher. The contract is for one year inclusive of set up, mobilisation and exit with an option to extend for one further year if required. It is anticipated that a new contract will be awarded in January 2017 and the provider should be able to mobilise themselves quickly to deliver final assessment for a maximum of 15,000 NPQML, NPQSL and NPQH participants. The requirement is for a single national provider (or consortium) to provide national assessment coverage throughout the whole of England. (for avoidance of doubt this excludes the isle of man and the Channel Islands). This will entail delivery of the following services: • Recruitment of high quality assessors • Delivery of a robust high quality assessment process to all participants • Adherence to all NCTL Data handling schedules • Moderation of participant assessments • Monitoring of participant progress • Effective communications with licensees • Accurate and timely submission of invoices • Management and reporting • Governance of processes The National Professional Qualifications are a suite of leadership programmes available to school leaders which were designed to promote excellent educational leadership through improving the quality of the education workforce. The programmes National Professional Qualification for Middle Leadership (NPQML), National Professional Qualification for Senior Leadership (NPQSL) and National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) are licensed by NCTL to a range of delivery providers i.e. Licensees. The contract will be for a minimum term of 1 year with an option to extend for a period of 1 year if required. It is anticipated that a new contract will be awarded in January 2017 and the provider should be able to mobilise themselves quickly to deliver final assessment for a maximum of 15,000 NPQML, NPQSL and NPQH participants broken down as follows: NPQML 6800 NPQSL 5950 ### NPQH 2250 Additional information: Tender documents available on Redimo - [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login](https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login/?cid=DFE) Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e9aa4b6c-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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