Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Education Psychology Assessments
Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Northamptonshire Council ("the Authority") is seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide Educational Psychology services to support the completion of statutory Educational Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs).
The Authority currently has a backlog of approximately 130 statutory assessments requiring Psychological Advice. The successful provider will supply qualified Associate Educational Psychologists (EPs) to undertake assessments and produce Psychological Advice reports within the statutory EHCNA process.
The service is required to support the Authority in reducing waiting times for families and meeting its statutory duties.
CPV: Psychiatrist or psychologist services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£186,250
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).
- Quality: Scoring criteria is detailed within the Tender documents
- Price: Scoring criteria is detailed within the Tender documents
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:46 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:46 BST
- Authority reference
WNC00000662- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-077668- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e4a1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the West Northamptonshire Council e-procurement portal (In-Tend): in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc ↗
Responses must be completed and submitted through the portal by the stated deadline. Submissions by email, post or other means will not be accepted.
Timeline
14 Aug 2026 → 5 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published75 days ago14 Aug 2026, 12:46 BST
- Clarification questions by63 days ago26 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline54 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts24 days ago5 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published14 Aug 2026, 12:46 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Tender documents are available via the West Northamptonshire Council e-procurement portal (In-Tend). Interested suppliers must register on the portal to access the documents and submit a response.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender