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title: "SEND Adviser Contract St Helens, Manchester & Wigan (con_31669)"
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# SEND Adviser Contract St Helens, Manchester & Wigan (con_31669)

Buyer: Department for Education  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9bd52ea9-4555-4f49-88f5-e2b0a0655061

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## Summary

The Department for Education procured SEND advisory services for St Helens, Manchester and Wigan. The work covers specialist advice relating to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), under the broader category of business and management consultancy and related services (CPV 79400000). It is a public-sector consultancy requirement delivered across the three named areas. The procurement is suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises. The stated purpose is to provide advisory support, so relevant businesses are those whose services focus on SEND advice rather than general consultancy alone. The buyer is the Department for Education, which is responsible for commissioning the requirement and using the resulting advisory service.

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. It was run as a selective call-off from a framework agreement. OxEd and Assessment Ltd. was awarded the contract on 1 April 2026 for £47,040 including the stated currency, GBP. The contract period runs from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027. The original tender submission deadline was 25 March 2026 at 17:00. The procurement was classified as a services contract and was marked as suitable for SMEs. The published outcome identifies one active award and one supplier. The available process information describes the framework call-off route, while the award records the selected supplier, award date, value and delivery period.

This award shows that the Department for Education buys focused SEND advisory support through framework call-offs and is willing to appoint an SME supplier for work covering multiple local authority areas. Businesses considering comparable work should be able to provide specialist SEND advisory services at a scale suitable for delivery across St Helens, Manchester and Wigan, while meeting the governance, reporting and service-management expectations of a Department for Education commission. Access to the relevant framework is commercially important because this requirement was competed as a call-off rather than as an open standalone tender. The selected supplier indicates that a specialist SME model can be credible for this type of public-sector advisory requirement.

## Notice

A contract for provision of SEND advisory services to St Helens, Manchester & Wigan

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95abb98b-5b41-4eda-993b-0443d6078b78 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Mar 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £47,040 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £47,040 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Education |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OxEd and Assessment Ltd. |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 7 Aug 2026 at 13:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95abb98b-5b41-4eda-993b-0443d6078b78

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/95abb98b-5b41-4eda-993b-0443d6078b78
  7th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procurement

## Provenance

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