CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

QUALIFICATION REVIEWER SERVICES FOR NATIONAL 14-16 QUALIFICATIONS

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Qualifications Wales is looking for knowledgeable and experienced educators and educational professionals to work alongside our Approvals Team to review draft qualification materials, helping us approve the new suite of National 14-16 qualifications. This work will ensure that the qualifications comply with Qualifications Wales’s Approval Criteria and other regulatory requirements.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=147120.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Between Autumn 2025 and Summer 2026, Qualifications Wales will be approving a number of new National 14-16 qualifications.

Subject experts will be provided with versions of the relevant draft specification(s) and Sample Assessment Materials (SAMs), as well as a rationale for the qualification design, and are required to submit a detailed report for each qualification.

Subject experts will also be required to attend meeting(s) with Qualifications Wales and other subject experts, where applicable, to discuss the qualification materials. Subject Experts may also be required to participate in discussions with the awarding body.

Anticipated work 6-10 days (non-consecutive) work per qualification.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Applicants who have previously worked for or are currently contracted to an awarding body or other regulators will be considered, subject to the conflict-of-interest declaration that they provide on application.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

QWL242517

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

See additional documentation for Instructions, Specification and Response Template

(WA Ref:147120)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice