Psychometric Testing and Assessment Services

Introduction
Essex County Council are currently undertaking the build of a Digital Vocational Tool. This tool will primarily be used to support Children and Young People (CYP) with Special Educational Needs (SEND), although in time this may be used for the wider education cohorts. To support this, we are seeking the provision of psychometric testing and related assessment services. This service would primarily be used in educational settings, however there will also be a requirement for this to be used by parents for Children and Young People with SEND educated at home. It is therefore imperative that the tools can be used by a range of persons not only accredited professionals.
ECC is undertaking this Preliminary market engagement notice (PME) to engage with potential suppliers to understand market capability and available solutions to help develop the Authority's requirements and inform the procurement strategy.
This notice serves to alert the market and invite expressions of interest ahead of a planned tender process.
Background and Purpose
The purpose of this PME is to support early market engagement with suppliers who can provide robust, validated, and reliable psychometric assessment tools to support children and young people with SEND identify and articulate their strengths, interests, personality traits, transferable skills, experiences, preferred working style, support needs and aspirations in a way which supports their learning needs, and matches these to job types and local relevant pathways in Essex. ECC is looking to learn more about tools which offer a range of components.
The resulting digital profile should be accessible, inclusive and developmentally appropriate enabling young people to understand themselves as learners and future workers. It should meaningfully inform education, employment and training pathways by matching individual profiles to realistic job roles, local labour market opportunities and progression routes within Essex whilst...