Stale Pre-tender

Exploring Block Contract Arrangements for Out of School Tuition Services - Soft Market Survey

Details

Buyer: Cambridgeshire County Council
Topic: Primary education services
Published: 23 January 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Cambridgeshire County Council is exploring the introduction of block contracts for Out of School Tuition (OoST) services under Lot 4 of the Childrens External Placements DPS. This approach aims to reduce costs, streamline search processes, and establish stable, long-term partnerships with providers. To gauge interest and understand your capacity, we've created a short form with a few key questions. Your input will help us shape this new approach and ensure it meets the needs of both providers and the children & young people we support. Please take a few minutes to complete the form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ZLMn4x4EUUyC8skGp4-cyY5Y4ccq-xlNvU1fAFGSvTBUM0k4OE42Q1ZYOVNSUVlFTkoyNE1QNzVINi4u Please submit your response by COP Friday 31st January 2025.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published23 January 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Cambridgeshire County Council buys as a local authority for Cambridgeshire, with a dedicated procurement and commercial team supporting suppliers. Most tenders are published through ProContract, the council's electronic procurement system. Larger procurements also appear nationally on Find a Tender, the government's procurement portal. Health related contracts are commissioned through the Provider Selection Regime instead. The children's commissioning team runs dynamic purchasing systems for external placements, home and community support and supported accommodation for young people. A separate dynamic purchasing system covers education and social care transport, from minibuses to taxis.

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 Cambridgeshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

80100000 · Primary education services
80200000 · Secondary education services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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