Published date: 20 March 2020

Last edited date: 20 March 2020

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: 22 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

BN7 1UE

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

ESCC - 030278

Published date

20 March 2020

Closing date

22 April 2020

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 August 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

East Sussex County Council is tendering for an Independent Travel Training service for Children and Young People.
ESCC have a legal responsibility to ensure that children and young people who live in East Sussex are able to travel safely to school or college.
This is part of the ESCC Council Plan promise to:
o Support the most vulnerable people
o Help make East Sussex prosperous and safe
o Encourage personal and community responsibility
Many of our students with SEND receive home to school travel assistance, often in the form of a scheduled taxi or minibus. The national Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform agenda has instigated a change in the Local Authority offer by putting families at the centre of planning for their children and giving greater focus on choice and control over areas of support. In the Preparing for Adulthood guidance it makes clear that 'Good support for independent living will include independent travel training', and this is now included in a section of a child's Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP). In its review of the Raising of Participation Age, the Department for Education (DfE) stressed the importance of Independent Travel Training.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Administrator SCC & ESCC

Address

St Anne's Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1UE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01273 482524

Email

Programmeoffice@eastsussex.gov.uk

Website

www.eastsussex.gov.uk