Published date: 31 January 2024

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


Closing: 11 August 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£22,500

Procurement reference

tender_378212/1304449

Published date

31 January 2024

Closing date

11 August 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

As part of this contract, the supplier will be required to provide advice to the
Department in association with the delivery of the Safety Valve programme,
Delivering Better Value in SEND programme, Education and Skills Funding Agency activity, or other work to support the high needs financial sustainability agenda.
This could include:
- provide high quality experience and expertise to advise, challenge and
support at risk or poor performing local authorities in continuing to
develop and implement robust and achievable plans to improve their
SEND and AP services;
- provide advice to the Department regarding the pace of improvement in
local authorities, providing assurance that it is appropriate and that
improvements to the SEND and AP system are sustainable;
- provide advice to the Department regarding local authority activity to
ensure plans remain focused on outcomes for children and young
people with SEND;
- apply expertise and experience to advise the local authority's senior
leadership and SEND management team in addressing areas of
weakness. We expect this will require you to engage with local
authorities at both strategic and operational level;
- work closely with financial advisors appointed by DfE to work with the
same local authority. These advisors provide the same service to the
Department for the Safety Valve programme from a financial
perspective, and the Department will seek your expertise in assuring the
join up between the financial and educational functions in an local
authority;
- have an awareness of the proposed SEND/AP system and Children's
Social Care reforms including the Change Programme and work closely
with relevant colleagues in supporting and challenging local authorities;
Arrangements will be made with the relevant programme team regarding the
local authorities and programmes you will be asked to work on.
There may also be a requirement that advisors allocated to a particular local
authorities work in conjunction with another SEND Advisor allocated to a local
authority by Regions Group for general improvement work.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

20 October 2023

Contract start date

1 October 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£22,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Dingley's Promise

Address

REDACTED

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

commercial.rg@education.gov.uk