Contract award · 28 Jul 2025

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2027_project_9737

Department for Education awarded “Trends in International Mathematics and Science…” to National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) for £1.55m.

Research & developmentLondon

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Department for Education · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Value
£1,549,930
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date28 Jul 2025
  2. Published27 Aug 2025Published 30 days after the contract date

Description

This Procurement will establish a single Supplier Contract for the purchase of IEA Trends in Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS) 2027 to - provide an assessment of the maths and science performance of year 5 and year 9 pupils; - gather contextual information to identify and analyse factors that impact on pupil attainment; and - gather data to enable international comparisons with other participating countries and also to measure trends over time.

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