Official UK procurement notice
Behaviour as Communication Intervention
Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking a service that delivers a programme to support Looked After Children who are struggling to feel a sense of belonging or have their needs met in school. It is also to include targeted interventions to support the adults particularly those working with CWCF, enabling them to adopt a more trauma-informed, relational and restorative approach to their practice. This service is to start 1st April 2026 for a period of 3 years, with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The primary service users of this work is to help children who are particularly dysregulated or unsettled to get ‘back on track’ by ensuring the adults around them are better equipped, supported and connected in their response. This service must meet the needs of residents in the administrative areas of Oxfordshire, including Children We Care For who are residing both in-county and out of county.
CPV: Primary education services · Secondary education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£42,000
- Condition of participation
None
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality Questions: 90%
- Pricing: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Questions: Quality Questions covers five areas- Operations, Implementation, User Engagement, Quality and Monitoring
- Pricing
- Condition of participation
None
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2025, 09:04 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:16 GMT
- Authority reference
4453- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043293- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566a4Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- E10000025
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 09:04 BST
- Clarification questions by28 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline2 Sept 2025, 16:00 BST
- Latest notice published313 days ago17 Dec 2025, 16:16 GMT
- Contract starts209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 09:04 BSTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published17 Dec 2025, 16:16 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete17 Dec 2025, 16:16 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 16 Dec 2025 | CancelledFollowing a review by project stakeholders, the Council has decided to pause this procurement due to ongoing service redesign and local government reorganisation (LGR) plans, which are influencing the Virtual School’s evolving service requirements. As a result, the current process will be terminated while we review these needs internally. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender