Published date: 29 April 2022

Last edited date: 26 January 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 29 September 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£9,300,000

Procurement reference

tender_269419/1066992

Published date

29 April 2022

Closing date

29 September 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

The primary objective of this contract is to support the continued improvement of coproduction at national, local and individual level, including in the context of the continuing pandemic and the national recovery. This will ensure the effective involvement of parents, carers and young people in the design and delivery of SEND services and provision, including the continued embedding of the voices of SEND stakeholders in national policy development, to support system-wide improvements. We would require the Strategic Participation programme to respond to the long-term impact of Covid-19 (coronavirus) in the delivery of its business objectives and adapt its delivery in light of emerging priorities and recommendations identified through the SEND Review.

Through empowering children and young people with SEND and their parents to make informed choices about the provision available to them and supporting them to influence SEND policy at an individual, local and national level, services and provision can be designed in a way that works for children and young people user-centered system that meets their needs at the right level, this will counter the perception that statutory Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans and specialist provision are the only means through which children and young people with SEND can be properly supported. This in turn will reduce pressure on local delivery systems and demand for higher cost provision procuring a contract to continue existing participation and coproduction arrangements, consolidated with existing arrangements for a national helpline and online support service to provide information and advice to parents whose children have SEND.
This would provide the necessary government intervention to consolidate and grow meaningful participation and coproduction by families at an individual, local and national level.

22/08/2023 - A £35,000 variation was completed to increase the total grant allocation by £17,500 for financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25, this was due to the development of a new Parent Carer Forum.

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Award information

Awarded date

3 January 2022

Contract start date

1 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£9,300,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Contact

Address

209-211 City Road, London, EC1V 1JN

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

2 St. Paul's Place
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

rachael6.davies@education.gov.uk