Professional Proofing and pre-flight services for DfE assessment materials (August 2022 - August 2023)
Department for Education · London
Key facts
- Estimated value
- £30,000
- Closing date
- 01 Jul 2022
- Contract starts
- 14 Aug 2022
- Contract ends
- 14 Aug 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Buyer type
- Central government
Description
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) requires external professional proofing and pre-flight services for: - Proofing and quality assurance review of KS1 and KS2 national curriculum test materials and phonics check, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments; - Proofing and quality assurance review of KS1 and KS2 modified national curriculum test materials, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments; and - carrying out pre-flight checks to ensure accurate printing of test materials, including electronic mark-up of identified amendments.
The supplier will need to: - commit appropriate resources to working on the work packages between August 2022 and August 2023; - be flexible to accommodate resource needs, providing additional resources at short notice to complete proofing and pre-flight activities to agreed timelines and to required quality standards; - possess substantial and recent expertise in professional proofing and pre-flight checks of documents for print; - possess substantial and recent expertise in producing electronic mark-ups of documents using Adobe Acrobat Pro; - understand the development of materials and use of design guidelines and have experience in reviewing confidential materials for assessment; - possess the ability to communicate effectively with various stakeholders provide constructive feedback and be prepared to provide workable solutions to any problems and/or issues identified during this project; - comply with STA's security procedures to maintain the integrity of the tests, including: o secure onsite working areas; o secure methods of electronic transfer and storage; o secure deletion/destruction of materials at the end of the project; and o comply with filing and naming conventions established by STA, in order to maintain an accurate audit trail.
Additional information: Bids must be received by midday 1 July 2022 and should be sent to [email protected] and copied to [email protected]
Bids will be accepted at any time up to this deadline but will not be opened or evaluated until the deadline has passed.
Any bid received after the deadline may be rejected unless the Bidder can provide irrefutable evidence that the application was capable of being received by the due date and time and that delivery failure was beyond their reasonable control.
Please see the attached Tender Documents
Categories (CPV)
- 80000000 Education and training services
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