Tender

Individual Packages of Education Support (2025)

ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

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Tender

20 Jan 2025 at 12:58

Summary of the contracting process

Essex County Council is seeking providers to deliver Individual Packages of Educational Support Services for students of compulsory school age who are unable to attend school. The procurement, titled "Individual Packages of Education Support (2025)", falls under the Education and training services category and is valued at £139,787,000. The procurement process is in the tender stage with electronic submissions being accepted until 18th February 2025, 13:00. The services are divided into four lots: Tuition Services, Vocational Services, Virtual Learning Services, and Early intervention/re-engagement services, each requiring specific expertise.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in education and training services to grow by providing diverse educational support catering to different needs, such as one-to-one tuition, vocational training, virtual learning, and therapeutic activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on specialised educational services are well-suited to bid, leveraging their expertise to meet the Council’s detailed service specifications across the outlined lots. The open procurement method promotes competitive tendering, ensuring high-quality service provision for Essex County Council’s educational requirements.

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Notice Title

Individual Packages of Education Support (2025)

Notice Description

Essex County Council ("the Council") is seeking to secure a range of effective, reliable and efficient providers to deliver Individual Packages of Educational Support Services to enable the authority to meet its statutory responsibilities to provide suitable education for children of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This procurement will be conducted under the light touch regime and incorporate the following four lots: Lot1 Tuition Services, Lot 2 Vocational Services, Lot 3 Virtual Learning Services and Lot 4: Early intervention/re-engagement services (Supplementary Education). Further details regarding the Council's requirements for each of these lots can be found within the service specification.

Lot Information

Tuition Services

This lot is designed to provide tuition services in a range of subjects including but not limited to core subjects, GCSEs and functional skills to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This tuition can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement.

Vocational Services

This lot is designed to provide alternative provision across a wide variety of vocational subject areas including but not limited to: construction hair and beauty animal care food technology motor vehicle maintenance performing arts and music sports gardening/horticulture Individual provision Group provision Reintegration or transition into an education setting, training or employment. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement.

Virtual Learning Services

This lot is designed to provide online delivery of educational support across a variety of subject areas to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This tuition can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement.

Early intervention/re-engagement services (Supplementary Education)

This lot is designed to provide therapeutic activities including but not limited to music, art, drama and play therapies to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school with the overarching aim of enabling them to re-integrate into education. This therapy can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001861-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£139,787,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
18 Feb 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Ms Shannon Parsons
Contact Email
shannon.parsons@essex.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 333

Buyer Location

Locality
CHELMSFORD
Postcode
CM1 1QH
Post Town
Chelmsford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH36 Heart of Essex
Delivery Location
TLH3 Essex

Local Authority
Chelmsford
Electoral Ward
Moulsham and Central
Westminster Constituency
Chelmsford

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