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Published 27 Jan 2022, 13:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Independent Specialist Placement (ISP) Framework for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - CA&FS - CSC/2021/590*

Official notice

Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£48,400,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 24 Mar 2022awarded 29 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Independent Specialist Placements for children with SEND provides educational support for children and young people between the ages of 0-25 who have a special educational need and/or disability. This can be provided through nursery, school and college settings, post 16 education and training provision, apprenticeships, traineeships or supported internships.

CPV: Education and training services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
18 bids received · 16 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£48,400,000
Delivery: West Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 50%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50%
  • price: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 50
  • Price: 50
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “Independent Specialist Placement (ISP) Framework for Children and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
27 Jan 2022, 13:23 GMT
Last source update
1 Sept 2022, 13:51 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN582952
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024444
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03100d Find a Tender

Publisher note: Independent Specialist Placements for children with SEND provides educational support for children and young people between the ages of 0-25 who have a special educational need and/or disability. This can be provided through nursery, school and college settings, post 16 education and training provision, apprenticeships, traineeships or supported internships.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Appointment period ends
24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

24 Mar 2022 → 1 Sept 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    1 Sept 2022, 13:51 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Sept 2022, 13:51 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 16admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1818 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Jun 2022

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Independent Specialist Placement (ISP) Framework for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

    Signed
    29 Jun 2022
    Value
    £48,400,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
18bids · 18 electronic18——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Stoke om Trent City CouncilReview body Stoke on Trent

Framework contractors & participating bidders

16 commercial parties on the notice
Show 6 more suppliers

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.