Contract

National pilot to test the AOEA accreditation criteria with school and LA practitioners

  • Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

UK7: Contract details notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-044312

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-056926

Published 30 July 2025, 2:22pm



Scope

Reference

C149/2025/2026

Description

Welsh Government are looking to gain the services of AoEA to conduct a pilot programme using their own developed accreditation system which allows appropriately senior education professionals to demonstrate understanding, competence, skills and knowledge in effective advice and support to schools.

The objective of this pilot is to have 44 practitioners from across all Local Authorities in Wales who will test the programme in depth and will complete their accreditation by the Summer Term 2027. The pilot will include a mixture of school based system leaders and local authority based school improvement professionals.


Contract 1. National pilot to test the AOEA accreditation criteria with school and LA practitioners

Supplier

Contract value

  • £120,000 excluding VAT
  • £120,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Date signed

28 July 2025

Contract dates

  • 31 July 2025 to 31 July 2027
  • 2 years, 1 day

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80100000 - Primary education services
  • 80200000 - Secondary education services

Contract locations

  • UKL - Wales

Signed contract documents

Under Threshold Document Not needed.docx

Not applicable


Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - without competition


Supplier

Association of Education Advisers Organisation

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXTG-1668-RRCX

Albany Court Monarch Road

Newcastle Upon Tyne

NE4 7YB

United Kingdom

Region: UKC22 - Tyneside

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. National pilot to test the AOEA accreditation criteria with school and LA practitioners


Contracting authority

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQYQ-3841-BHTP

Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services

Cardiff

CF10 3NQ

United Kingdom

Contact name: Philip Reardon-Smith

Email: philip.reardon-smith@gov.wales

Website: http://gov.wales

Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Organisation type: Public authority - central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales