Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 - Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2

Contract summary

Industry

• Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£250,000,000

Procurement reference

NOTTSCC001-DN694393-27248066

Published date

10 January 2025

Closing date

20 December 2023

Closing time

4:30pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Nottinghamshire County Council ('the Council') are running an open tender process to establish a new framework under which the Council are looking to commission Independent non-maintained special schools (INMSS) and Post-16 (where the provision is delivered in house by the school) for the provision of specialist school placements for pupils who are not attending mainstream or maintained schools and who have an Education Health Care (EHC) Plan.\r
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The establishment of a framework agreement for INMSS is the first phase of the recommissioning of the Specialist Education provision for the Council as set out in the Vision document. Ultimately the framework will be extended to include Alternative Education Provision and Post-16 institutions (e.g., further education colleges that are not part of the INMSS), that will be the second/third phases of the recommissioning project and new procurement processes will be run at later dates which are yet to be decided.\r
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A Framework Agreement is an agreement between the contracting authority and one or more Service Providers, the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing contracts to be awarded during a given period.\r
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This initial phase of the framework will have two lots under which the Council can make specialist school placements. In Lot 1 commissioners will put in place block contracts with providers and Lot 2 will see the establishment of an approved provider list.\r
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The Framework Agreement will commence from the 1st of April 2024, "call-off" contracts under Lot 2 may commence from the 1st of April 2024, however the earliest date "call-off" contracts can commence under Lot 1 is the 1st of September 2024.\r
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There is potential to extend this Framework Agreement for up to a further 6 years in increments of 24 months.\r
Please read all the tender documents. If you have any questions, please submit them through\r
the procurement portal using the messaging facility.\r
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To register your interest in this tender and to view the tender documents, the tender is\r
published on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/\r
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Reference DN694393\r
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The closing date for all tenders is the 20th of December 2023 at 16:30.\r
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Please note that a standstill period of 10 days will commence from the notification of the\r
contract award.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 - Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2

• Opportunity
• Published 16 November 2023

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Award information

Awarded date

23 February 2024

Contract start date

1 January 2025

Contract end date

31 December 2029

Total value of contract

£134,500,000

This contract was awarded to 6 suppliers.

Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd

Dove Adolescent Services Ltd

Edison Young People

Options Autism Services Ltd

Pollyteach

R.E.A.L. Education Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Katie Greenhalgh

Address

County Hall
Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1159774761

Email

katie.greenhalgh@nottscc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk