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Educational Psychology Advices for Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment

Wirral Council

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15 Sep 2026 at 21:13

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Summary of the contracting process

Wirral Council commissioned additional educational psychologist capacity for its core educational psychology team. The service supports statutory assessments and the preparation of advice for children going through the Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment process. This is a professional psychology service rather than a general staffing requirement: the work involves educational psychology input into assessments and advice connected with special educational needs and provision. The contracting authority is Wirral Council, and the service is intended to support children and the Council’s education, health and care assessment functions in Wirral. The procurement is classified as psychiatrist or psychologist services. The requirement was structured as a single service package, covering additional capacity to supplement the Council’s existing educational psychology team.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. Wirral Council used a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified as being below the light-touch threshold and needed to maintain continuity of the statutory service while the procurement was awarded and mobilised. Reed Talent Solutions was selected as the supplier, with one bid recorded and no bids from SMEs. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 for £356,250. The award is recorded as active and the contract as active. The published lot is marked cancelled, although the associated award and contract are active. Evaluation information records quality and price criteria, with the lot’s entries each stating 100%; the available data does not establish a usable relative weighting between them.

This award shows demand from Wirral Council for external educational psychology capacity to support statutory EHC needs assessments, particularly where the core team needs additional resource to deliver assessments and advice. A credible future competitor would need suitably qualified educational psychologists who can undertake assessment work and produce professional advice within the statutory EHCNA context. Relevant capability includes understanding special educational needs, education, health and care planning, statutory timescales and the evidence required to support decisions about children’s provision. The requirement also indicates that a supplier must be able to provide dependable additional capacity and work alongside an established Council team, maintaining continuity of service rather than operating as a standalone clinical service. Organisations with scalable access to educational psychology professionals and experience of public-sector statutory assessment work would be best placed to compete when this requirement next returns to market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Educational Psychology Advices for Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment

Notice Description

To provide additional educational psychologist capacity to assist the core EP team in providing statutory assessment and advices for children undergoing the Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) process.

Lot Information

Lot 1

To provide additional educational psychologist capacity to assist the core EP team in providing statutory assessment and advices for children undergoing the Education, Health, and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) process.

Procurement Information

Below light touch threshold Continuity of statutory service with incumbent while procurement process is awarded and mobilised to ensure no gap in service.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06fa9a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087526-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£356,250 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Sep 2026Today
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Wirral Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WALLASEY
Postcode
CH44 8ED
Postcode Area
Chester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD74 Wirral
Delivery Location
TLD74 Wirral
Local Authority
Wirral
Electoral Ward
Seacombe
Westminster Constituency
Wallasey

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Reed Talent Solutions Limited

Further Information

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