Published date: 20 May 2024
Last edited date: 17 December 2024
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Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
East Midlands
Value of contract
£250,000,000
Procurement reference
NOTTSCC001-DN756213-70233275
Published date
20 May 2024
Closing date
28 January 2025
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 February 2025
Contract end date
31 December 2029
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) is seeking to add further Independent non-maintained Special Schools (INMSS) to a new Framework Agreement under which the Council are looking to commission INMSS and Post-16 (where the provision is delivered in house by the school) provision of specialist school placements for pupils who are not attending mainstream or maintained special schools and who have an Education Health Care (EHC) Plan. This will replace the current Independent / non-maintained special schools Approved Provider List for Nottinghamshire (NAPL). The framework will commence from the 1st January 2025 for an initial term of 5 years with 3 optional extensions of 24 months each
All Providers currently delivering or intending to deliver services detailed within the updated Specification (Part 4 - Specification) must apply to be on the new Framework Agreement as the current provider list (NAPL) will come to an end on the 31st of December 2024.
This initial phase of the framework will have two lots under which the Council can make specialist school placements (See paragraph 5 below for further details). In Lot 1 commissioners will put in place block contracts with providers and Lot 2 will see the establishment of an approved INMSS provider list
This process is the reopening of the framework for new providers to bid to join the new INMSS framework and is the third tender round. This tender round is only open to bid to join the INMSS Approved Provider List which is Lot 2 of the Framework Agreement. The Council are not re-opening Lot 1 Block Contract in this tender round. Any providers who were unsuccessful in the previous tender rounds (1 and 2) for Lot 2 can reapply in this tender round (3).
ANY PROVIDERS WHO HAVE ALREADY SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED IN PREVIOUS TENDER ROUNDS AND HAVE BEEN AWARDED A PLACE ON THE FRAMEWORK DO NOT NEED TO APPLY AGAIN IN THIS TENDER ROUND
To register your interest in this tender and to view the tender documents, the tender is
published on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/
Reference DN756213
The closing date for all tenders is the 28th of January 2025 at 5.00pm.
Please note that a standstill period of 10 days will commence from the notification of the
contract award.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 - Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Round 2
- Opportunity
- Published 20 May 2024
About the buyer
Contact name
Katie Greenhalgh
Address
County Hall
Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 1159774761
katie.greenhalgh@nottscc.gov.uk
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