# National Reference Tests from 2025

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation \(Ofqual\)](/buyers/office-of-qualifications-and-examinations-regulation-ofqual/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £14,000,000
- Published: 24 January 2023
- Planned start: 1 August 2023
- Planned end: 31 August 2029
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2469b121-ac37-4e24-b405-a1f3aef87137-608508
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3df95322-4fe2-4c1b-ac72-1a580bdf98a6

## Description

To provide the National Reference Tests \(NRT\) in England on behalf of Ofqual\. The National Reference Tests provide evidence for Ofqual on changes in performance standards over time in GCSE English Language and Mathematics in England at the end of Key Stage 4\.

## Related contract awards

- [Focus group participant recruitment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-04cbe5d2-26a7-4387-94a3-e056f833777f): Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation \(Ofqual\)
- [Survey and Consultation Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-89aab732-a945-4e79-9f1d-5a39a2b39431): Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation \(Ofqual\)
- [Digital Workplace Hardware](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d084df51-a9df-494d-bb49-c70ae3a8c616): Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation \(Ofqual\)

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2469b121-ac37-4e24-b405-a1f3aef87137-608508)