Notice Information
Notice Title
The Provision of Educational Psychologists
Notice Description
To increase capacity within the short term by engaging Service Providers to recruit and provide Locum Educational Pshycologists (EP) to eliminate the backlog of EHC Plans to maintain delivery of new referals.
Lot Information
Lot 1
To increase capacity within the short term by engaging Service Providers to recruit and provide Locum Educational Pshycologists (EP) to eliminate the backlog of EHC Plans to maintain delivery of new refferals.
Options: Option to extend 2 x 12 month periods. Total spend of the contract, if both extensions are taken shall be PS22,000,000.
Renewal: There is a possibility that this Framework will be subject to renewal after 3.5 years from the commencement date
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-034db0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032603-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,000,000,000 £1B-£10B
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £6,011,427,000 £1B-£10B
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 6 Jan 2023Expired
- Award Date
- 22 Jun 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Sep 2023 - 30 Sep 2027 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- There is a possibility that this Framework will be subject to renewal after 3.5 years from the commencement date
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Contracts Team, Lucy Pattinson, Maria Stoneley
- Contact Email
- contracts@ypo.co.uk, lucy.pattinson@hullcc.gov.uk, maria.stoneley@leeds.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01135350945, +44 1482615737, +44 1924664685
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WAKEFIELD
- Postcode
- WF2 0XE
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- TLE11 Kingston upon Hull, City of
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
Further Information
Notice URLs
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