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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Education

con_31710 - STA-0349 Item Bank 2026

IT ServicesCPV 72317000
Value£208k
Awarded20 Apr 2026
Published21 May 2026
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£208ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the IT Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

An Item Bank Data Warehouse application is required to support the development, delivery and governance of the statutory National Curriculum Assessments.

The Item Bank is a web-based database designed to provide secure storage and version control of all questions, items and supporting materials produced during the test development process.

The Item Bank records data and evidence gathered from external expert reviews and trials in schools over a three-year process to ensure that the questions are fit for purpose and to inform construction of the live tests.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

An Item Bank Data Warehouse application is

An Item Bank Data Warehouse application is required to support the development, delivery and governance of the statutory National Curriculum Assessments.

02

The Item Bank is a web-based database

The Item Bank is a web-based database designed to provide secure storage and version control of all questions, items and supporting materials produced during the test development process.

03

The Item Bank records data and evidence

The Item Bank records data and evidence gathered from external expert reviews and trials in schools over a three-year process to ensure that the questions are fit for purpose and to inform construction of the live tests.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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