Awarded contract

Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027 - AWARD

Details

Supplier(s)
Topic
Special education services
Published
3 July 2024

Tender 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.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published3 July 2024
    Current notice
  2. Next: Award date27 April 2027in 7 months
  3. Upcoming: Contract expiry date28 April 2027

About the buyer

Bedford Borough Council is a local authority serving the borough of Bedford, with procurement split between individual service departments and a central Commercial Hub team. Service departments handle day-to-day tenders, quotations and sourcing for their own areas. Every opportunity is advertised through In-Tend, the council's e-tendering portal, where supplier registration is free. Higher-value contracts also appear on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. The Commercial Hub team manages a number of corporate contracts and looks for savings across departments. That same portal doubles as a contract register, tracking expiry dates and scheduled reviews for live agreements.

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 Bedford Borough Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and construction work.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 80340000 · Special education services
  • 85312300 · Guidance and counselling services

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