The Provision of Twenty-Five (25) Full Time Equivalent Places For Children And Young People With Education, Health And Care Plans At The Haven School

CPV: Education and training services

Procedure method

Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Stand-alone contract (no framework)

Competition type

Direct award (no call for competition)

GPA / WTO covered

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

22 Dec 2021, 12:15 GMT

Last source update

22 Dec 2021, 12:15 GMT

Authority reference

IA2366

FTS notice number

2021/S 000-032050

Classification (CPV)

Education and training services

Delivery area

West Midlands (UKG24)

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Published justification

Education services are detailed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 as Social and Other Specific Services and therefore would be deemed to be caught by the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations. The Department for Education's position in the High Needs Operational Guidance 2019 - 20 set out: The department's position is that the provision of special educational needs and alternative provision placements forms part of the system of public education which is financed, entirely or mainly, by public funds and supervised by local authorities. Consequently, securing such provision is to be considered as a non-economic activity, with the result that the agreement between a local authority and institution to make SEN provision required by an EHC plan is not regarded as a public service contract for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Where a child or young person has an EHC plan, placements must be made through the statutory assessment process set out in the Children and Families Act 2014, following the guidance in the Code of Practice.

• The Haven School LimitedAwarded supplier Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, West Midlands, ST17 9DJ

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