Expired contract

WP3645a - Alternative Education Framework - AWARD

Details

Buyer: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
Supplier(s): 6 suppliers
Fresh Start in Education Ltd
Remedy Education Ltd
Sandwell Valley School
Teaching Personnel Ltd
The Ladder School - Part of The Mercian Trust
The Training Initiative Group Ltd
Value: £12,000,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 26 October 2021
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The Council wishes re-open the alternative education framework to new applications for all Lots and the enclosed Supplementary Invitation to Tender (ITT) document outlines the process to be followed. This is not a new procurement process; the terms, conditions and award criteria under the current framework remain in place. The service delivers a range of alternative approaches to providing access to education for young people who are excluded or at risk of exclusion, at risk of disengaging from mainstream school provision or otherwise require alternative education provision to meet their educational entitlement.

Timeline

Completed: Award published26 October 2021
Current notice
Completed: Award date26 October 2021
Completed: Contract expiry date31 July 2025

About the buyer

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council governs the borough of Walsall in the West Midlands, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Contract opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender, the UK government's central procurement platform introduced under the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers register both an organisation profile and an administrator account there before submitting a bid. Buying decisions follow the council's Innovating our Success Commercial Strategy 2024-2029. Social value sits alongside price and quality in every award decision. A public contracts register lists every agreement the council has awarded.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council's contract awards have been in education and training, software and information systems and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services
80100000 · Primary education services
80200000 · Secondary education services
80210000 · Technical and vocational secondary education services
80212000 · Vocational secondary education services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@walsall-metropolitan-borough-council.gov