Notice Information
Notice Title
TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service
Notice Description
The Borough Council of Bolton ("the Authority") is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the "Service"), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed. The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include: * Cognition and Learning Needs This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia). * Communication and Interaction Needs This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders. * Physical Needs This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Borough Council of Bolton ("the Authority") is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the "Service"), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed. The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include: * Cognition and Learning Needs This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia). * Communication and Interaction Needs This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders. * Physical Needs This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085849-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
85300000 - Social work and related services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,150,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,150,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,320,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Dec 20252 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Jan 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 6 Apr 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BOLTON COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BOLTON
- Postcode
- BL1 1RU
- Post Town
- Bolton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD36 Greater Manchester North West
- Delivery Location
- TLD36 Greater Manchester North West
-
- Local Authority
- Bolton
- Electoral Ward
- Queens Park & Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bolton North East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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