--- title: "Market Engagement - SEND Placements" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THURROCK COUNCIL" published: "2022-10-10" --- # Market Engagement - SEND Placements Buyer: THURROCK COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2bd190cd-fcb9-49fb-bce2-f828864ca2ab.json) ## Summary The Thurrock Council is planning a market engagement process for SEND placements, aiming to secure educational support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities up to the age of 25. Providers will offer day and residential placements with specialist support, focusing on person-centred care and reducing out-of-borough care costs. Two market engagement events will be held virtually on 31st October 2022 and in-person on 14th November 2022 at Thurrock, England. This tender by Thurrock Council presents an opportunity for small and voluntary sector enterprises interested in special education services. The process is currently at the planning stage, with a focus on engaging providers for innovative care models. Businesses capable of delivering tailored educational support services suited to individual needs, including social value considerations, are encouraged to participate in this market engagement activity. ## Notice Thurrock Council is seeking to develop a framework of providers to deliver day and residential educational support placements to children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) up to the age of 25 years old. Our vision is in securing SEND day and residential placements provision in and outside of Thurrock, ideally as close to the homes of Thurrock's children and young people as possible to allow them to remain within their local communities. Our aim is to support positive family relationships, reduce family travel costs to provision often located a long distance away from a child or young person's home and family in Thurrock and reduce expensive out of borough care. Providers should be able to offer day and/or residential educational placements with a range of specialist support and service responses. Appointed providers will deliver innovative person-centred approaches and models of care to suit the individual needs of each child and young person and often, their complex needs and disabilities. We are also interested in the social value that providers may offer Thurrock, our children, young people and their families. Two market engagement events are being hosted to enable providers to gain an understanding of the borough, the requirements for this service and to have a dialogue with commissioners about service development. Further information on the events, including how to register attendance, is available on Eventbrite - links are provided within this notice. 1. Virtual Event on Monday 31st October 2022 at 10.30am. 2. In-Person Event on Monday 14th November 2022 at 10.00am. Additional information: To get more information on the Market Engagement events, and to obtain free tickets, please click on the links provided. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a049ea83-7757-450a-81cb-34a19babb2c6 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Oct 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 11 Nov 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THURROCK COUNCIL | | Locality | GRAYS | | Post town | Romford | | Postcode | RM17 6SL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH32 Thurrock | | Local authority | Thurrock | | Electoral ward | Grays Riverside | | Westminster constituency | Thurrock | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80340000 - Special education services ## Release History - 10 Oct 2022 at 13:48 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a049ea83-7757-450a-81cb-34a19babb2c6 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a049ea83-7757-450a-81cb-34a19babb2c6 10th October 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/market-engagement-send-placements-tickets-438918465947?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Link to Eventbrite Market Engagement Event (in-person) - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/virtual-market-engagement-send-placements-tickets-438948596067?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Link to Eventbrite Market Engagement Event (virtual) ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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