Published date: 8 December 2021

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.


Closing: 20 January 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£4,150,000

Procurement reference

BOLT001-DN586639-33625774

Published date

8 December 2021

Closing date

20 January 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Borough Council of Bolton ("the Authority") is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the "Service"), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.

The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include:

• Cognition and Learning Needs
This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia).

• Communication and Interaction Needs
This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders.

• Physical Needs
This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.

Provider Briefing
There will be a Provider Briefing Session that Tenderers can attend during the advertisement of this ITT. The Provider Briefing Session will be held on Wednesday 15 December 2021, 10am for approximately 60 minutes, via MS Teams; to attend the Provider Briefing Session, please send a message via The Chest, after which the details, including the MS Teams invite, will be forwarded to you. The cut-off date to request attendance to the Provider Briefing Session is Tuesday 14 December 2021, close of play. The Authority will publish a list of FAQ's and responses on The Chest following the Provider Briefing Session.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Irfan Oomer

Address

TOWN HALL VICTORIA SQUARE
Victoria Square
BOLTON
BL1 1RU
England

Telephone

01204331773

Email

irfan.oomer@bolton.gov.uk

Website

http://www.bolton.gov.uk/