Notice Information
Notice Title
CON_22619 - Liz Flaherty - project_8448 - DPS (ECSC) Preferred Supplier List for SEND and AP Advisory Services for the DfE High Needs Support and Intervention Programmes
Notice Description
As part of this contract, the supplier will be required to provide advice to the Department in association with the delivery of the Safety Valve programme, Delivering Better Value in SEND programme, Education and Skills Funding Agency activity, or other work to support the high needs financial sustainability agenda. This could include: - provide high quality experience and expertise to advise, challenge and support at risk or poor performing local authorities in continuing to develop and implement robust and achievable plans to improve their SEND and AP services; - provide advice to the Department regarding the pace of improvement in local authorities, providing assurance that it is appropriate and that improvements to the SEND and AP system are sustainable; - provide advice to the Department regarding local authority activity to ensure plans remain focused on outcomes for children and young people with SEND; - apply expertise and experience to advise the local authority's senior leadership and SEND management team in addressing areas of weakness. We expect this will require you to engage with local authorities at both strategic and operational level; - work closely with financial advisors appointed by DfE to work with the same local authority. These advisors provide the same service to the Department for the Safety Valve programme from a financial perspective, and the Department will seek your expertise in assuring the join up between the financial and educational functions in an local authority; - have an awareness of the proposed SEND/AP system and Children's Social Care reforms including the Change Programme and work closely with relevant colleagues in supporting and challenging local authorities; Arrangements will be made with the relevant programme team regarding the local authorities and programmes you will be asked to work on. There may also be a requirement that advisors allocated to a particular local authorities work in conjunction with another SEND Advisor allocated to a local authority by Regions Group for general improvement work.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-073f0bac-0f19-4df3-a522-bd32756e1318
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dafb0c01-8df6-43b3-9bba-6d693e5557ea
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £54,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £54,000 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Aug 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Jan 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dafb0c01-8df6-43b3-9bba-6d693e5557ea
31st January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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