Published date: 9 February 2024

Last edited date: 11 February 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 22 March 2027, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Special education services - 80340000

  • Guidance and counselling services - 85312300

Location of contract

MK42 9AP

Value of contract

£0 to £2,150,000

Procurement reference

IT-380-3532-BBC CH 03532

Published date

9 February 2024

Closing date

22 March 2027

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

27 April 2027

Contract end date

28 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

An Approved Provider List (APL) on a Pseudo-DPS of suitably-qualified suppliers to deliver Alternative Education Provision to children and young people who are unable to access mainstream education provision due to their social, emotional and mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge.

These services are intended to be short-term interventions aimed at enabling a child or young person to achieve good educational outcomes and reintegrate back into mainstream school in a supported way.

The services to be provided comprise a mixture of education, tuition, individual support, coaching, mentoring and therapeutic services dependent on the needs of the children/young people being worked with. The local authority will determine the level of service to be provided to individual children/young people.

Services will be in 3 Lots.

More information

Links

Additional text

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

How to apply

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

About the buyer

Contact name

Zoë Shrehane

Address

Cauldwell Street
Bedford
England
MK42 9AP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01234 276119

Email

Zoe.Shrehane@bedford.gov.uk