Planning

Fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

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Planning

18 Dec 2025 at 17:51

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is initiating a tender process for a fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service. This procurement is in the planning stage, with a preliminary market engagement notice published on 18th December 2025. The process aims to find potential suppliers willing to participate in a full tender. The procurement targets the delivery of a specialist support service for the council's in-house Educational Psychology Team, primarily to outsource educational psychology assessments as required under the Children & Families Act (2014). Located in London, the procurement falls under the services category, specifically focusing on recruitment services and psychologist services. Interested parties must express their interest by 9th January 2026, in response to the market engagement scheduled by the council.

This tender presents a significant business opportunity for organisations specialising in educational psychology services who can provide a comprehensive, managed service with end-to-end support. Suitable candidates would be small to medium enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) capable of delivering high standards within statutory timescales. This procurement allows the winning organisation to collaborate closely with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, offering a chance to stabilise workloads while providing essential psychological assessments and consultancy. The contract period is expected to start on 1st October 2026 and end on 30th September 2029, offering long-term engagement and growth potential for suitably qualified service providers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service

Notice Description

The purpose of this Preliminary market engagement notice is to test the market for potential suppliers who would be wiling to participate in a full tender process. Previously this would have been referred to as a PIN (prior information notice). Interested providers must respond to procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk no later than Friday, 9th January at 12pm noon with sufficient information to demonstrate their suitability to meet the requirements set out below (ie your Expression of Interest). The service will provide specialist support to our Educational Psychology team. Specifically, the Council is seeking a service to outsource Educational Psychology assessments for children and young people undergoing a statutory assessment under the provisions of the Children & Families Act (2014). The Provider would need to: * Provide a fully integrated and managed service which manages the end-to-end process for achieving the agreed deliverables to statutory timescales, quality standards and target milestones. The Provide will need to have the necessary infrastructure, governance, professional expertise and insurance to offer this service sustainably. * Have responsibility for all allocation responsibilities and associated communications with and outside of RBG in relation their role, considering cultural competence, equal opportunities, and diversity. * Provide a single point of contact * Provide a stable group of HCPC registered educational psychologists who can provide psychological advice for EHC needs assessments within statutory time-frames and to a high standard. * Deliver work to timescale, managing workloads and 'scaffolding' EPs with time management, troubleshooting threats to time-frames and offer positive solutions * Provide wraparound support: consultancy that can highlight, audit, and promote positive solutions, as required and will communicate and support Educational Psychologists to navigate the required diversifications to role. * To capture data that is gathered, record, share and present as required with the Council i.e. in real-time. * Provide experienced Educational Psychologists/ Senior Educational Psychologists/ Principal Educational Psychologists to quality assure all reports against specified service standards. * A service which can undertake SEN consultancy and appeals - a service provider who can offer supervision e.g., for Educational Psychologists and SEND caseworkers, panel membership, consultancy, mediation, and participation in tribunal proceedings, as required. * Deliver the required quality assurance, offering completed reports that our Quality Assurance criteria. * Provide administrative support around the allocation of assessments, sharing of relevant information and submitting advice to the relevant RBG teams. * Operate a clear pricing structure with a set cost per completed report. * Provide regular performance data, including information about reports completed and the timeliness of completion. It is anticipated that most assessments will be completed by the council's in-house Educational Psychology Team. This contract would however provide flexibility and support the council to meet statutory deadlines on occasions where demand outstrips capacity. For this reason there will be no guarantee of any minimum volumes.

Planning Information

Please respond to procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084641-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

79600000 - Recruitment services

85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Dec 20251 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
9 Jan 20262 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SE18 6HQ
Post Town
South East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
Delivery Location
TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
Local Authority
Greenwich
Electoral Ward
Woolwich Arsenal
Westminster Constituency
Greenwich and Woolwich

Further Information

Notice Documents

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