PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Call Off 02 - KS1 (WP01) & KS2 (WP02) English Reading (STA Item Writing Services Framework)

Department for Education · published 8 Jun 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID92343359-862f-4f5b-803b-3fab61f9c925-901073
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-188ce191-37cf-4ba0-9a80-f4f11911432f
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-179093
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£163,594
award field
Tender value
£163,594
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
80000000
Education and training services
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Following the conclusion of the evaluation process, the Department for Education has awarded a contract for Key Stage 1 English Reading (Work Package 01) and Key Stage 2 English Reading (Work Package 02) to the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The supplier will undertake enjoyment trialling of Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 reading texts, alongside informal trialling of items within schools. The contract for Work Package 01 will commence on 18 May 2026 and run until 18 December 2026. The contract for Work Package 02 will commence on 18 May 2026 and run until 30 April 2027.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 Jun 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Mar 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published17 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published19 Apr 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

National Foundation for Educational Research

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 8 Jun 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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