Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 - Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2

Nottinghamshire County Council · awarded 23 February 2024 · delivered in East Midlands

Who

Buyer	Nottinghamshire County Council Nottinghamshire
Suppliers	Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd Dove Adolescent Services Ltd Edison Young People Options Autism Services Ltd Pollyteach R.E.A.L. Education Ltd
Category	services
Classification	Education and training services CPV 80000000
Notice published	10 January 2025

What it is for

Nottinghamshire County Council ('the Council') are running an open tender process to establish a new framework under which the Council are looking to commission Independent non-maintained special schools (INMSS) and Post-16 (where the provision is delivered in house by the school) for the provision of specialist school placements for pupils who are not attending mainstream or maintained schools and who have an Education Health Care (EHC) Plan.\r \r The establishment of a framework agreement for INMSS is the first phase of the recommissioning of the Specialist Education provision for the Council as set out in the Vision document. Ultimately the framework will be extended to include Alternative Education Provision and Post-16 institutions (e.g., further education colleges that are not part of the INMSS), that will be the second/third phases of the recommissioning project and new procurement processes will be run at later dates which are yet to be decided.\r \r A Framework Agreement is an agreement between the contracting authority and one or more Service Providers, the purpose of which is to establish the terms governing contracts to be awarded during a given period.\r \r This initial phase of the framework will have two lots under which the Council can make specialist school placements. In Lot 1 commissioners will put in place block contracts with providers and Lot 2 will see the establishment of an approved provider list.\r \r The Framework Agreement will commence from the 1st of April 2024, "call-off" contracts under Lot 2 may commence from the 1st of April 2024, however the earliest date "call-off" contracts can commence under Lot 1 is the 1st of September 2024.\r \r There is potential to extend this Framework Agreement for up to a further 6 years in increments of 24…

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