Published date: 31 August 2023

Last edited date: 1 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 September 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

IP1 2BX

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-368-17090-CD1402

Published date

31 August 2023

Closing date

21 September 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2028

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?

Yes

Description

Timely and high-quality, person-centred Educational Psychology statutory psychological advice as part of a statutory Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA). The EHCNA to be delivered within 4 weeks.
Lot 1: EHCNA + Quality Assurance + project management
Lot 2: EHCNA + project management
We intend to award a maximum of 3 contracts across the two lots to have a maximum of three contractors in total. The volume of EHCNA is not guaranteed however we estimate that in the region of 500 EHCNAs a year will be delivered in total from the three contracts.

More information

Links

Additional text

This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of www.suffolksourcing.uk. Interested parties are invited to express their interest in order to gain full access to the tender documentation.
Procurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is £5,000,000 exclusive of VAT for the total of all threes contracts.
The deadline date for submissions of the tender is Thursday 21st September at 12 noon. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Katrina Browning

Address

Russell Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2BX
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1473264490

Email

katrina.browning@suffolk.gov.uk

Website

https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/business-jobs-and-careers/tenders-and-supplying-us/