Official UK procurement notice
250800 Educational Psychological Assessments
Authority: De Montfort University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University is looking to establish a framework agreement featuring up to four Educational Psychologists/specialist teachers for the supply of Psychology Tests on behalf of its students.
DMU proposes to enter contract for a four-year period with the successful Tenderers. The anticipated contract commencement date is 1st April 2026, with expiry date 31st March 2030.
The estimated value of this contract is expected to be around £500,000 excluding VAT, assuming current requirement of these services.
Peak Assessment periods are generally October/November and February/March, and the estimated number of Educational Psychological Tests commissioned by DMU comprises of approximately 350 student assessments per annum in total across all suppliers.
CPV: Psychiatrist or psychologist services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2026
Published description of the framework
The allocation of work will be based on the most economically advantageous (top-ranked) provider being provided with work first, based on the overall scores achieved in the evaluation process. The allocation of work will be based on the capacity of each educational psychologist and therein once the top scoring has reached capacity to fulfil requirements (or in the University's judgement service standards would suffer from further allocation at that moment in time) delivery and allocation of work will then be passed to the second highest scoring provider, this process will continue to the third and fourth as required. If at any stage an educational psychologist fails to accept work, then the work will be offered to the next highest scoring provider until the work is accepted.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1PlannedPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “250800 Educational Psychological Assessments” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Oct 2025, 17:16 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Oct 2025, 17:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
250800- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-067984- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d2deFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically, via the In-Tend e tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home ↗
Timeline
23 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Planning notice published369 days ago23 Oct 2025, 17:16 BST
- Tender notice expected351 days ago10 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Admission / appointment period ends324 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown8 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by268 days ago1 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Planned procurement notice published23 Oct 2025, 17:16 BSTUK3
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender