Official UK procurement notice
SEN Discretionary Payments Open Framework
Authority: Hampshire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought6 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionHampshire County Council has established an 'Open Framework' for the provision of Special Education Needs training to provide additional education and supportive services to pupils in Hampshire who have an Education, Health and Care Plan. As an 'Open Framework' service providers can apply to join the framework at any time during the framework term.
Examples of services include tutoring pupils who are in education, providing tutoring or mentoring for pupils who are struggling to engage in education, supporting pupils who are educated other than at school (EOTAS) or working to provide specialist support to aid education placements. The Open Framework is divided into 6 Lots. Lot 1 - Tutoring (QTS qualified) Lot 2 - Tutoring (non QTS qualified) Lot 3 - Specialist teachers Lot 4 - Services supporting education Lot 5 - Other services supporting education Lot 6 - Registered physiotherapy. Providers can apply for any lots that they are able to deliver a service on. There are price caps associated on each lot. The detail on this is shown within the tender documents. The Open Framework has been let for an additional period of 4 years with 2 further extension periods of 4 years will be available, taking the maximum length of the Open Framework to 12 years. The anticipated value of the Open Framework is up to £109,000,000.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Physiotherapy services · Special education services · Training services · Tutorial services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 14 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (6)Procurement structure
6 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Tutoring (QTS Qualified)
Service Providers in this Lot will be able to offer tutors who hold Qualified Teacher Status(QTS) and will be able to offer either face to face or online tutoring. The subjects will bespecific to the needs of the individual pupil but will predominantly be the core schoolsubjects of English, Maths and Science.
Lot #2Tutoring (non QTS qualified)
Service Providers in this Lot will be able to offer tutors who hold a degree level qualification or have substantial experience in a given subject and will be able to offer either face to face or online tutoring. The subjects will be specific to the needs of the individual pupil and could include a subject which may not ordinarily be available in a mainstream school setting
Lot #3Specialist Teachers
Service Providers in this Lot will offer teachers who hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and additional qualifications or significant experience (5+ years). This additional experience will
be in specific areas of need that would allow them to offer specialist support and advice to the pupil's class-based teacher e.g., BSL trained staff, ASD specialists. Qualifications could include Mandatory Qualification for Teachers of Children with Hearing Impairment/Visual Impairment.
Lot #4Regulated Services Supporting Education
Service Providers in this Lot will offer services such as mentoring, alternative therapies that will work to reducing the anxiety of the pupils. They will also support the continued engagement (for placements in danger of ending) or the reengagement of pupils with fulltime education, training or employment. This Lot include services such as art therapy, music therapy, drama therapy and other alternative therapies that are covered under Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration.
Lot #5Other Services Supporting Education
Service Providers in this Lot will offer other non-specified services such as mentoring, alternative therapies and other services that will work to reducing the anxiety of the pupils. They will also support the continued engagement (for placements in danger of ending) or there engagement of pupils with full time education, training, or employment. This Lot will be wide ranging and include services including equine therapy etc.
Lot #6Registered Physiotherapy
Service Providers in this Lot will be qualified physiotherapists, each worker will, be a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Pupils accessing services via this Lot will often need to access physiotherapy within their school setting although this may also be at home or in a community location and Service Providers need to be able to travel as required.
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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 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).
Contracts awarded under the Open Framework will be determined on a case-by-case basis based upon the particular needs of the service user(s).
The SEN Caseworker or Special Needs Officer (SNO), in agreement with the relevant manager and discussion with the parents and pupils (if appropriate) determine that a service is needed that would fall under one of the Lots within this Open Framework.
Tenderers, once being awarded a place on the Open Framework, will be ranked by lowest price, i.e. lowest priced will be awarded 1st place.
A Tenderer will be chosen by Lot first and then region.
The SEN Caseworker or SNO will send the pupil details, requirements of the service from the pupils EHC plan and required timeframe for the service to start to the top 5 providers on the Lot (based on each individual requirement) who will then have a deadline to respond to confirm if they are able to accept the case and what termly progress targets they would implement.
After the deadline has expired, the SEN Caseworker or SNO will contact the Tenderer that has the lowest price and has confirmed their capacity to provide the requirement and confirm termly targets and ask them to start working with the pupil. If the targets are deemed to be too low, and cannot be changed, the casework or SNO have the option to contact the next lowest price provider If none of the top 5 providers is able to offer, the SEN Caseworker or SNO will then contact the next top 5 placed providers, and so on, until a contract is awarded.
In the event that there is a tie (same price, acceptance of requirement and agreement of targets) in the submissions, the Tenderer who responded first within the deadline period via the stated method shown in Section 18 will be awarded the contract.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- The following criteria apply to the Lots. Lot 1 - Tutoring Evidence of Qualified Teacher Status - confirm each member of staff that will be allocated to this Lot will have a Teacher Reference Number. Lot 3 - Specialist Teachers Service Providers in this Lot will offer teachers who hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and additional qualifications or significant experience (5+ years). Lot 4 - Services Supporting Education Service Providers in this Lot will offer services such as mentoring, alternative therapies that will work to reducing the anxiety of the pupils, each worker will be a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Lot 6 - Registered Physio Service Providers in this Lot will be qualified physiotherapists, each worker will be a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). The below Lots require 1 reference to be provided directly. Lot 2 - Tutoring (non QTS qualified) Lot 5 - Other Services Supporting Education
- “SEN Discretionary Payments Open Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 9 May 2022, 14:59 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2022, 09:39 BST
- Authority reference
CS18368- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-027931- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033588Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Lot 1 - Tutoring
Evidence of Qualified Teacher Status - confirm each member of staff that will be allocated to this Lot will have a Teacher Reference Number.
Lot 3 - Specialist Teachers
Service Providers in this Lot will offer teachers who hold Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and additional qualifications or significant experience (5+ years).
Lot 4 - Services Supporting Education
Service Providers in this Lot will offer services such as mentoring, alternative therapies that will work to reducing the anxiety of the pupils, each worker will be a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Lot 6 - Registered Physio
Service Providers in this Lot will be qualified physiotherapists, each worker will be a Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Publisher note: For information on suppliers who have been awarded to the Open Framework please go to https://www.hants.gov.uk/business/procurement/childrens-services-open-framework-contractors
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 8 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Jun 2022 → 5 Oct 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown8 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
- Notice published5 Oct 2022, 09:39 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Oct 2022- Status changed to complete5 Oct 2022, 09:39 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Oct 2022, 09:39 BST
Published amendments (1)
Please note, the framework value has been amended and is now valued up to £109m. It was previously incorrectly noted on the original Contract Notice as £51m.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 027931-2022-1
- Signed
- date not published
- Value
- £109,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14bids · 14 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Multiple SuppliersFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.