Community Based Out of School Provision

Contract summary

Industry

• Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Procurement reference

CORNWALL001-DN711071-72576149

Published date

13 February 2024

Closing date

13 May 2024

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The development of an Approved Provider List for Community Based Out of School Provision, including a Quality Standards and Monitoring Framework.

This serves as notification of upcoming Provider events:

Thank you for attending the engagement sessions we recently held for our alternative 'out of
education' sector. The sessions provided a great opportunity to share our plans about
developing an Approved Provider List and to also get feedback and suggestions about the
draft Quality Standards Checklist we had developed.

We were also interested to find out what your thoughts were, and what would help or
support you in the future. Some of the ideas included:

• A more streamlined approach to invoicing and payments.
• Access to training and development opportunities.
• A more streamlined approach for attendance reporting.

We are now progressing the development of the 'Approved Provider List' which we hope all
our providers will join, and we would like to invite you to attend one of our 'Market
Engagement Sessions, in February and March. Attending these sessions will be very
important, as there will be:

• Information and advice about the steps involved in joining the alternative 'out of
education' Approved Provider List
• A member of Commercial Team present, who will be demonstrating how to register
on the Council e-Procurement system http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
which all providers will need to join if they want to tender
• The opportunity to co-produce the Specification for alternative 'out of education'
Approved Provider List
• The opportunity to discuss and develop the draft monitoring with School
Effectiveness colleagues

We appreciate the additional time and energy these market
engagement sessions will take but we want to work in collaboration
with as many of our partners as possible, as we develop new and
innovative ways to support our young people.

Information Classification: CONTROLLED
As well as virtual meetings, there will be face-to-face meetings, with refreshments across the
county. The dates for these meetings are listed below.

Tuesday 13th February 1600-1800 Online via Microsoft Teams
Monday 26th February 1600-1800 Wadebridge Family Hub
Thursday 7th March 1600-1800 Online via Microsoft Teams

Please do let us know which date you like to attend by emailing us at
tffcommissioning@cornwall.gov.uk as soon as possible.

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch - we will be
happy to help.


Yours faithfully,

Rachel Delourme- Head of Inclusion and SEND
Sue McDermott- Commissioning Manager (Additional Needs) Nick
Millward- Senior Schools' Effectiveness Officer
Rachel.delourme@cornwall.gov.uk
Sue.mcdermott@cornwall.gov.uk
Nick.millward@cornwall.gov.uk
Cornwall Council | Konsel Kernow
0300 1234 100 www.cornwall.gov.uk

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Kathryn Spreadbury

Address

County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1872326050

Email

Kathryn.spreadbury@cornwall.gov.uk

Website

http://www.cornwall.gov.uk