Trialling and Sampling Framework 2025-2028_Call_Offs: 01, 02 and 03

Department for Education
Selective procedure
13 November 2025 to 16 October 2026

Delivery of three specific call-off contracts covering Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 trialling and sampling. Work includes Mathematics, English grammar, punctuation, spelling, and reading assessments, encompassing both anchor and main testing components for national educational performance monitoring.

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Awarded value: £1.7m; As published
Published: 28 November 2025
Awarded: 13 November 2025; National Foundation for Educational Research
Contract length: 11 months; Ends 16 October 2026

What the contract covers

Framework call-off

Provision of educational assessment, trialling, and sampling services for national curriculum testing and performance monitoring programmes.

KS1 TPT - Mathematics
KS2 TPT for English grammar, punctuation and spelling, English reading and Mathematics, including anchor and main components for all subjects
KS2 IVT for English grammar, punctuation and spelling and English reading

Terms and requirements

Contract type: Framework call-off
Procedure: Selective procedure
Initial term: 11 months
Contract dates: 13 November 2025 to 16 October 2026
Certifications asked for: None stated
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for charities and social enterprises: Yes
Category: Services
CPV codes: 80000000

Services in this contract

Test development, standardised tests and markingMain service£91k typicalKS1 and KS2 national curriculum test trialling call-offs

Lifecycle

Published
28 November 2025
Contract awardedto National Foundation for Educational Research
13 November 2025
Contract starts
13 November 2025
Contract ends
16 October 2026

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Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/277236/trialling-and-sampling-framework-2025-2028-call-offs-01-02-and-03
Buyer reference: tender_496637/1534792
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-ded8d6a4-ba40-440d-a6e4-a9464e0604c1
Last checked: 5 November 2026

Department for Education. Trialling and Sampling Framework 2025-2028_Call_Offs: 01, 02 and 03. Contract award, 28 November 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/277236/trialling-and-sampling-framework-2025-2028-call-offs-01-02-and-03 (accessed 5 November 2026).