--- title: "Targeted support for SEND" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2020-07-31" --- # Targeted support for SEND Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-75cbd12d-45c6-4858-aa42-87c1860a967f.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is initiating a public procurement process titled "Targeted support for SEND," aimed at enhancing services for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities across the UK. This initiative falls under the training services category (CPV code: 80500000) and is currently in the planning stage. A key milestone in this process is the engagement end date set for 21 August 2020. The procurement aims to address delivery issues in local areas, particularly those identified with a Written Statement of Action after inspections by Ofsted/CQC. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services, particularly those with expertise in supporting SEND frameworks and improvements. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) could particularly thrive in this tender, as the Department for Education seeks innovative approaches to reinforce service delivery and achieve better outcomes. Companies that have previously collaborated with local authorities or have experience in training services would be well-suited to compete for this contract. ## Notice Our vision for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) is the same as for all children and young people - that they achieve well in their early years, at school and in college, that they find employment; lead happy and fulfilled lives; and experience choice and control. In 2014, we made significant changes to the way the SEND system works. Those reforms were designed to put children and young people with SEND at the heart of the process, by joining up services for 0-25 year olds across local authorities, schools and colleges, and health and social care, and by focusing on positive outcomes in terms of employment, independent living, health, and community participation. The reforms involved significant changes to the ways in which that local agencies work together to commission and provide services for children and young people with SEND. Whilst encouraging progress has been made in the way that local authorities and health partners are delivering services, there is still some way to go before the reforms and associated cultural changes are fully embedded across the education, health and care sectors. Through our targeted delivery support contracts, we want to build on our current programme of focused support for local areas to help them embed the reforms and improve their SEND service performance. Our priority is those local areas with the most significant issues in delivering their statutory SEND duties including, but not limited to, those with a Written Statement of Action following their Ofsted/CQC inspection, those which have not made sufficient progress after a revisit and those needing support to effectively manage their High Needs budget. We expect bidders to capitalise on the success of work delivered to date by the Delivering Better Outcomes Together (DBOT) consortium whilst proposing innovative measures to increase the pace of improvement and maximise the impact of the support provided to local areas. The functions of the targeted support for delivery of SEND services contracts will include, but not be limited to the requirements set out below. Participants are invited to populate Section 3 of the attached, however as previously specified the requirement, objectives and structure of the potential opportunity going forward may be subject to change. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9cf7aac-079a-44e2-bbc0-12863cc36278 | | 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 | 31 Jul 2020 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Aug 2020 | | 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 | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3BT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80500000 - Training services ## Release History - 31 Jul 2020 at 09:26 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9cf7aac-079a-44e2-bbc0-12863cc36278 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9cf7aac-079a-44e2-bbc0-12863cc36278 31st July 2020 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2445c900-a3d7-4838-ba30-e7423a57fadf n/a - http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:343623-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML PIN ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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