Awarded contract

SEND Forecasting Platform and Service

Details

Value
£85,000
Duration
1 year
Topic
Educational software package
Published
23 February 2026

Tender description

Provision of professional services and use of the Core EHCP Cohort Modelling Tool to support the automated SCAP return. Including financial benchmarking analysis, scenario planning and detailed projection cohort tables. Additional services also available to provide gap analysis including an interactive map to show needs and provision across the local authority, and the provision of transport costs analysis with route optimisation. ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published23 February 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date23 February 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date22 February 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

Lancashire County Council is a local authority that buys through directorates spread across the county. Suppliers register and bid through the Oracle Fusion Supplier Portal, introduced in January 2023 to replace iSupplier. Contracts at or near national thresholds are advertised on Find a Tender. An Open Framework under the Procurement Act 2023 covers repeat competitions on the same terms. A Dynamic Market lets new suppliers join an approved list for above-threshold tenders at any time. Category managers based in directorates such as care and public health lead individual competitions.

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 Lancashire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48190000 · Educational software package
  • 48460000 · Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package

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