--- title: "Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02be50" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02be50" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02be50.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02be50.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2021-06-21" --- # Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02be50 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02be50) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02be50.json) ## Summary The Department for Education is planning a tender titled "Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families." This procurement falls under the education sector and will take place in the UK. The planned contracts, valued at £19,000,000, will cover essential services aimed at enhancing support for children and young individuals with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). A virtual pre-market engagement event is scheduled to take place before the contract notice is published, with a submission deadline of 19th July 2021. The estimated dates for the contract's commencement and conclusion are from April 2022 to March 2025. This tender presents significant opportunities for education-focused organisations, particularly those involved in service delivery for special educational needs. Businesses specialising in training and development services, such as SEND-specific Continuing Professional Development (CPD), family support services, and educational consultancy would be particularly well-suited to compete for these contracts. The procurement process aims to identify capable providers who can effectively manage and deliver responsive solutions tailored to the needs of SEND students, their families, and local authorities, ultimately enhancing educational outcomes in mainstream settings. ## Notice SEND programmes currently deliver core services to improve provision offered to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families by providing support to: schools, and Further Education settings via SEND-specific Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the workforce to improve the quality of education for children and young people with SEND, particularly in mainstream settings. parent, carers and young people through supporting their participation in the SEND system (e.g. grant funding to Parent Carer Forums) and ensuring they receive high quality information, advice and support (including through funding a national helpline); and local authorities through targeted improvement and intervention work particularly where Ofsted/CQC identify areas of weakness. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Universal Support (1 contract) This contract aims to improve the quality of teaching to children and young people with SEND, particularly within mainstream settings (both schools and further education). It will ensure needs are identified and met earlier and more effectively, and that preparation for adulthood is delivered from the earliest stages, to support effective transitions, including into employment. This will be delivered through SEND-specific CPD, alongside greater access to specialist expertise. It will build on training which the teaching workforce receives through reforms to Initial Teacher Training, the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications, by providing SEND-specific support at the point of need. Participation and Family Support (2 contracts) The first contract aims to empower children and young people with SEND and their parents and carers to make informed choices about the provision available to them. It also aims to support them to influence SEND policy at local, regional and national level so that services and provision can be designed and delivered in a way that works for children and young people. This will be achieved through continuing to support local participation and coproduction arrangements through the development of Parent Carer Forums and children and young people's participation at a local level; and through improving the strategic participation of children and young people and their parents and carers in regional and national SEND policy and delivery. It will also support the provision of high-quality information, advice and support for families whose children have SEND, including through a national helpline. The successful provider will be responsible for administering grants (including due diligence and monitoring) to up to 152 Parent Carer Forums, in line with current arrangements. The second contract is for a Strategic Reform Partner. This aims to deliver strategic communication between the DfE and the SEND sector and to provide expert policy advice to the department. It also aims to facilitate and support the DfE to participate in a range of meaningful stakeholder engagement and feedback opportunities across the SEND sector. Targeted Support (1 Contract with 3 lots - suppliers can bid for 1, a combination or all) Aims to consolidate and accelerate the targeted support, oversight and challenge provided to local areas including: A two-strand Adviser support comprising an extended SEND Adviser service continuing the offer of providing professional support and challenge to poorly performing local areas, with additional advisers with expertise in specific areas such as diagnostics, finance, and organisational change. A second strand includes an efficiency adviser service aimed at addressing DSG deficits providing an offer of dedicated financial efficiency support. A suite of targeted delivery support comprising: bespoke practice model and statutory duty delivery training; senior leadership development and support; and the provision of tailored local improvement support with the level and type/package of support offered dependent on need. Learning systems development comprising research, development and dissemination of resources, including effective practice exemplars, to build an evidence base for best practice within the sector. Additional information: The Department wishes to assess market capability and capacity to administer and deliver a response. Details of a virtual pre-market engagement event will be given at a later date to all those who have registered. Please register an interest in attending (max two per organisation) to:sendbaea.commercial@education.gov.uk by 19th July 2021 SCHEDULED DATE FOR PUBLICATION OF CONTRACT NOTICE: Estimated September 2021 START AND END DATES OF THE CONTRACT: April 2022 - March 2025 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: (Maximum 4000 characters including spaces): This notice does not constitute a call for competition to procure any services for the Department. The procurement of any services will be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The purpose of this PIN is to stimulate early market interest and invite interested parties to take part in preliminary market consultations. As part of the market engagement, we wish to test views on areas such as: Whether you believe you have the capacity to successfully manage these potential opportunities? Whether you believe you have the expertise to successfully manage these potential opportunities? Whether you have any other provision/ contracts/ grants with any other government department? Would you expect to submit a tender as a single supplier, consortium, framework, lots, managed service or any other appropriate vehicle? Whether you feel there are any issues or challenges in delivering these potential opportunities? How you would see your business model working with the proposed tendering opportunities? Whether there are other opportunities to improve provision offered for children and young people with SEND and their families which could be included in these programmes? Whether you have specific suggestions for how the opportunities could be delivered to ensure the greatest impact on children and young people with SEND? With all government departments driving for continual efficiencies, forward looking for challenges/risks and delivering savings, do you feel these requirements are achievable within the range of estimated values provided above? Responses can be for any one of the procurements, or all of them, depending on your interest. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014045-2021 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Jun 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 29 Sep 2021 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £19,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | 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 - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 72253000 - Helpdesk and support services - 79633000 - Staff development services - 79634000 - Career guidance services - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80510000 - Specialist training services - 80521000 - Training programme services - 80532000 - Management training services - 80570000 - Personal development training services ## Release History - 21 Jun 2021 at 12:51 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014045-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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