Official UK procurement notice
SEND Disagreement Resolution and Mediation
Authority: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Local council)
This service is to provide impartial disagreement resolution and mediation aimed at resolving disagreements between parents or young people and early years providers, schools, colleges, local authorities or health commissioners as outlined in the SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) in accordance with the statutory requirements of Children and Families Act 2014 and The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. This statutory requirement for the provision impartial disagreement resolution and mediation services for parents / carers of children / young people with SEN or disabilities is identified in The Children and Families Act 2014 (notably sections 53 and 54) and the associated Special Educational Needs Regulations 2014.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service is to provide impartial disagreement resolution and mediation aimed at resolving disagreements between parents or young people and early years providers, schools, colleges, local authorities or health commissioners as outlined in the SEND_Code_of_Practice_January_2015.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) in accordance with the statutory requirements of Children and Families Act 2014 and The Special Educational Needs and Disability Regulations 2014. This statutory requirement for the provision impartial disagreement resolution and mediation services for parents / carers of children / young people with SEN or disabilities is identified in The Children and Families Act 2014 (notably sections 53 and 54) and the associated Special Educational Needs Regulations 2014. These disagreement resolution and mediation arrangements reflect wider movement across the Government to promote early resolution of disputes through non-judicial means.
CPV: Health services · Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Open Tender Process for SEND Disagreement Resolution and Mediation ServicesPublished value£12,000,000
Open Tender Process for SEND Disagreement Resolution and Mediation Services. Under Light Touch Regime (LTR) - Public Contracts Regulations (PCR 2015). Please access YORtender to view the ITT documentation.
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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).
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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).
- Technical & professional ability
Registration with:
College of Mediators
Civil Mediation Council
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Please review ITT suite 1-4 on the YORtender project 92381 for more information.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 18 Oct 2024, 13:19 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Oct 2024, 15:04 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-033805- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04adbaFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the
contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of
10 Calender days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision
before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: PIN Publication: External Reference: 2024-526747 FTS Reference: 2024-025024
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Oct 2024 → 19 Nov 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Oct 2024, 15:04 BST
- Submission deadline19 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.5) Estimated total value · II.1.5) | — | Estimated total value = 1,200,000 (£1.2m) a correction from what was originally stated as 12,000,000 (£12m) |
Estimated total value =£1.2 million (which is a correction on the original which stated £12m)
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.