Notice Information
Notice Title
CWC25011 - Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Framework
Notice Description
The City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking to commission a range of Independent Specialist Education Providers who will meet the needs of our children and young people whilst promoting choice in the local market and delivering best value for money. Provision under this Independent Specialist Education Providers (ISEP) Light Touch Framework will be for children and young people with a range of special educational needs between the ages of 5-25 with an EHCP as set out in the SEND Code of Practice 2015. The tender will be separated into 4 Lots: Lot 1: Primary phase - ages 5 - 11 national curriculum years 1 - 6 Lot 2: Secondary phase - ages 11- 16 national curriculum years 7 - 11 Lot 3: Post-16 phase - ages 16 - 19 Lot 4: Post-19 phase - age 19+ Due to procurement legislation, all maintained (publicly owned) schools do not need to apply for the framework as the authority can contract with them outside of the framework.
Lot Information
Primary Phase Independent Specialist Placements
Lot 1: Primary Phase Independent Specialist Placements - (ages 5-11, National Curriculum Years 1-6 - this could include reception year)
Renewal: There will be 2 optional extensions of 1 year each (total of 2 years).
Secondary Phase Independent Specialist PlacementsLot 2: Secondary Phase Independent Specialist Placements - (ages 11-16, National Curriculum Years 7-11)
Renewal: There will be 2 optional extensions of 1 year each (total of 2 years).
Post 16 Independent Specialist PlacementsLot 3: Post 16 Independent Specialist Placements
Renewal: There will be 2 optional extensions of 1 year each (total of 2 years).
Post 19 Independent Specialist PlacementsLot 4: Post 19 Independent Specialist Placements
Renewal: There will be 2 optional extensions of 1 year each (total of 2 years).
Planning Information
We are inviting potential providers to attend our online market engagement session on Wednesday 25th June 2025. To sign up for the market engagement event, please complete the form on www.wolverhamptontenders.com. The engagement will take the form of a presentation containing information about our requirements, commissioning intentions and planned procurement process; there will also be an opportunity to ask questions via the attendance form which will be answered once the presentation is completed. We previously undertook a market engagement presentation on Friday 31st January 2025. This also took the form of a presentation and the intention is for the June event to build upon the information provided in the initial market engagement. If you would like further details of this event, please contact ben.woodhull@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0548bf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078488-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £89,996,538 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £89,996,539 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Dec 20253 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 25 Jun 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- 2032-10-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Ben Woodhull
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement@wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1902556556
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WOLVERHAMPTON
- Postcode
- WV1 1SH
- Post Town
- Wolverhampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG39 Wolverhampton
- Delivery Location
- TLG39 Wolverhampton
-
- Local Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Electoral Ward
- St Peters
- Westminster Constituency
- Wolverhampton West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078488-2025
1st December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071027-2025
4th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032365-2025
13th June 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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