Decision details

Permission is being sought to approve a 1 year contract with the option to extend for a further year to fulfil the specialist operational lead moderator role for the delivery of the local authority statutory duties for key stage 2 moderation.

RESOLVED - That:
A comprehensive selection process was undertaken by an evaluation panel and a scoring moderation meeting was held on the 1 September 2022. The outcome of this process was that One Education Ltd have the relevant skills, knowledge and experience to lead the statutory moderation.
This will be a 1-year contract with an option to extend for 1 year.

Option 1 - Approve the award of contract to One Education Ltd for the operational KS2 lead moderator.
This option poses limited risk to the Council as a formal ITT process has been completed and quality of the submission agreed by the evaluation panel. Any risks to delivery and implementation of the programme will be identified and mitigation put in place. Emerging risks will be managed through formal contract monitoring processes. There is funding through the Designated Schools Grant for statutory moderation duties for Local Authorities.
Option 2 -: Not to award the contract to any organisation
This could pose a risk to the Local Authority as there is a lack of capacity and expertise within the LA EYs and Learning Service to undertake the operational lead role. This role has been externally commissioned since 2014 in order to fulfil the LA’s statutory duties.

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