Published date: 8 February 2024
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Health and social work services - 85000000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£1,000,000 to £13,000,000
Procurement reference
DCC001-DN709629-54259304
Published date
8 February 2024
Closing date
8 March 2024
Closing time
10am
Contract start date
1 May 2024
Contract end date
30 April 2027
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
This opportunity is for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEN/D) Support Services Framework. The Framework is divided into Lot by the primary needs of the child as shown below:
MAIN CATEGORY OF NEEDS FOR CHILD
Lot 1 Social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs and/ or autism without a learning disability - no presenting challenging or violent behaviours.
Lot 2 Physical, medical disabilities, personal care needs. May or may not have learning disabilities, social communication or challenging behaviours.
Lot 3 Global developmental delay, cognition and learning difficulties, speech, language and communication difficulties with no or minimal behaviours that challenge (but not violent towards others)
Lot 4 Global developmental delay, cognition and learning difficulties, speech, language and communication difficulties with potential behaviours that challenge (may be violent towards others)
Lot 5 Profound and multiple learning disabilities with complex needs including significant sensory disability, autism, communication, physical and/or medical disabilities. No violence or aggression.
Lot 6 Profound and multiple learning disabilities with complex needs (including significant sensory disability, autism, communication, physical and/or medical disabilities. Unable to regulate and risks of escalating into challenging and violent behaviours and potential for escalation into crisis.
Lot 7 Social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH) and/ or autism, severe social communication difficulties without a learning disability. They are vulnerable, their needs involve risk, can escalate and include challenging and potential violent behaviours including self harm to themselves or harm to others.
The Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs/Disabilities (SEN/D) Support Services Framework is a framework of multiple providers (on a non-exclusive basis). There are no restrictions to the number of Providers who may be members of the Framework, only that they meet all the requirements of this Invitation to Tender and Service Specification for the Lot they are bidding..
This Framework is a flexible agreement where, at the sole discretion of the Council, it may open the Framework to allow additional providers to be added to its membership. However, at the discretion of the Council, the Framework may remain closed should commissioners deem there be sufficient providers to meet demand.
The Council makes no guarantee to any member of the Framework that they will be awarded any Call-Off Contract and no guarantee is made in respect of any volume of work under any such agreements, or in aggregate under the Framework.
Each Provider should understand that their submission constitutes an acceptance of the terms of the Framework Agreement. A place on the Framework merely affords the Provider the opportunity to respond to an invitation from the Council for the provision of services (Call-Off).
More information
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Tender Document can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org using reference DN709629
About the buyer
Contact name
Donna Iley
Address
County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UG
England
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