# con\_20819 - National Careers Service Continuous Improvement and Quality Assurance programme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ipsos \(Market Research\) Ltd](/contract-winners/ipsos-market-research/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,228,110
- Tender value: £1,228,110
- Award date: 7 June 2023
- Published: 13 June 2023
- Contract start: 1 July 2023
- Contract end: 30 September 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a7e4b17f-df19-410b-8102-5bae314ebd3e-652966
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-89030f63-c1ab-4d48-9bac-55feda4cc230

## Description

The Quality Programme acts as an overarching quality evaluation framework for the National Careers Service, currently operational in 9 regions of England\. The framework enables the Department for Education to monitor, compare and rate \(on a quarterly, half yearly, yearly basis\) the quality of each of the Services Prime Contractor's delivery\. It also assesses their Quality Assurance \(QA\) mechanisms and the effectiveness in delivering a high quality, impartial careers information, advice, and guidance service to their customers\. The Programme provides an independent and comprehensive source of reliable and measurable qualitative and quantitative data that exists about the National Careers Service\. The findings from this programme will highlight areas of focus that will drive high quality outcomes for the customer and is an important element of our evidence base for measuring the impact of the Service\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a7e4b17f-df19-410b-8102-5bae314ebd3e-652966)