--- title: "ASC0251 - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) and Choice Advice Service (CAS)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL" published: "2019-03-27" --- # ASC0251 - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) and Choice Advice Service (CAS) Buyer: LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-020b1b16-e96d-4cc5-a7ec-7c98e2d71886.json) ## Summary Leicester City Council is seeking tenders for the provision of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) and the Choice Advice Service (CAS). This initiative aims to assist children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities and their families in making informed decisions regarding education, health, and care. The tender is currently in the active stage, with submissions due by 30th April 2019. The service is located in the East Midlands and is classified under administrative educational services, with a total contract value of £800,000 over a potential five-year period, starting from 1st October 2019. This procurement offers substantial opportunities for businesses involved in educational support services, particularly those specialising in guidance and advisory roles for families of children with special educational needs. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) would be well-suited to compete for this contract, given its focus on providing accessible information and advice within the community. Engaging in this tender can enable these businesses to expand their services while addressing crucial needs in the local education system. ## Notice Leicester City Council (the "Authority") invites Tenders for the provision of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS) and Choice Advice Service (CAS). The aim of the SENDIASS is to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their families to make informed decisions about the young person's education, health and care requirements. Children, young people and their families, will be provided with easily accessible information regarding the support that is available to them, where to go for that support and what actions they can take in response to any queries or disagreements. Children and young people with SEND will also be provided with easily accessible information about their condition/s, needs and what is available to them. This will assist them to be better able to make their own choices regarding their future. The aim of Choice Advice Service is to support families with making an informed application for a place at a mainstream school. Families will be provided with easy to understand information on schools in the area, the likelihood of gaining a place, the admission process and their right of appeal. The proposed Contract will be for an initial period of 3 years (36months) to commence on 1st October 2019 until 30th September 2022 with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for a further period or periods of up to a total of 24 months i.e. potentially 5 years if the extension options are exercised. The proposed service is based on current and known funding allocations. These could alter through the life of the contract in light of changes in future local and central government funding. The contract value assigned to this service is PS160,000 per annum (PS115,000 per annum for SENDIASS and PS45,000 per annum for Choice Advice Service) (PS800,000 for the full 60 months contract period (36 months plus the option to extend for a further period or periods of up to 24 months). Inflationary uplift is not to be applied to this contract by the Authority during the life of the contract (the initial period or extension period/s if exercised). It is the Authority's preliminary view that TUPE is likely to apply in respect of this Contract. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96536b96-9d8c-4f7d-babb-d2490e7b5bf6 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Mar 2019 | | Submission deadline | 30 Apr 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £800,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE1 1FZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Castle | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 75121000 - Administrative educational services - 85312310 - Guidance services ## Release History - 27 Mar 2019 at 12:30 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96536b96-9d8c-4f7d-babb-d2490e7b5bf6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96536b96-9d8c-4f7d-babb-d2490e7b5bf6 27th March 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=abd9cb2d-2434-e911-80f2-005056b64545&fromAdvertEvent=True Advert ## Notice URLs - http://www.leicester.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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