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SEND Parent Carer-led Forum - Development Partner

London Borough of Sutton

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23 Jul 2026 at 12:14

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The London Borough of Sutton commissioned a development partner for a local special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) parent-carer-led forum. The service is intended to re-establish the Sutton SEND Forum, build its membership and capability, and create the arrangements needed to strengthen parental voice and representation in line with the local area Partnership Agreement. Over time, the forum is intended to become an independent and sustainable organisation with its own governance, structure, systems and operating arrangements. This is a community and social services requirement, covering other community, social and personal services. Delivery is in Sutton and the surrounding London Borough of Sutton area. The buyer is the London Borough of Sutton, a sub-central public authority.

The procurement is complete and the service was awarded through a below-threshold limited competition. One lot was awarded to Sutton Mencap Charity Company. The award is active and the contract was signed on 1 July 2026. The contract runs from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 and is valued at £49,000 gross, including any applicable taxes. The selected supplier is based in Wallington. The requirement was treated as a services procurement and falls below the relevant threshold. The contracting process used a limited competition rather than an open competition. The award covers the full forum development-partner requirement, with no separate supplier awards reported.

This opportunity demonstrates demand from Sutton for specialist community-sector support to establish and develop a SEND parent-carer forum. A credible future provider would need practical experience of working with parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, together with the ability to build trust, participation and effective parental representation. Relevant capability would include community engagement, facilitation, partnership working and organisational development. Suppliers should be able to help a forum move towards independence by designing workable governance, structures, systems and sustainable operating arrangements. A voluntary, community or social enterprise profile may be well suited, as the awarded supplier is an SME and a VCSE organisation.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

SEND Parent Carer-led Forum - Development Partner

Notice Description

Development Partner to provide capacity and expertise to re-establish a Sutton SEND Forum in the local area and to grow the Forum and establish the mechanisms by which parental voice and parental representation can be strengthened in the local area in line with the local area Partnership Agreement. The primary objective of this partnership is to develop a parent-carer-led forum that, over time, becomes an independent and sustainable entity with its own governance, structure, systems, and mechanisms.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d1bb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069640-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

85320000 - Social services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£49,000 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
London Borough of Sutton
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUTTON
Postcode
SM1 1EA
Postcode Area
Sutton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Sutton
Electoral Ward
Sutton Central
Westminster Constituency
Sutton and Cheam

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SUTTON MENCAP CHARITY COMPANY

Further Information

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