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title: "TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service"
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# TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service

Buyer: BOLTON COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5

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## Summary

The Borough Council of Bolton, acting as the purchasing organisation, has concluded the procurement process for the "TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service". This service is classified under the industry category of "Social work and related services". The procurement was carried out through an open procedure focusing on services within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in the region designated as UKD36. The procurement process has reached the award stage as of December 2025, and the contract valued at £3,320,000 was signed on 7th April 2022. The awarded supplier for this initiative is Woodbridge Trust, which will deliver services addressing key special educational needs as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The tender sought to develop support in cognition, communication, and physical needs, with criteria focusing 80% on quality and 20% on social value.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in the education and social services sectors to expand their reach or enter the market for services related to special educational needs. Enterprises with expertise in delivering high-quality educational support services, particularly those skilled in catering to children with various learning and development challenges, would be well-positioned to benefit from opportunities like this. Although this specific procurement process has been completed, similar tenders could offer lucrative prospects for growth, encouraging businesses to enhance their capacity to meet the outlined service requirements and to ensure readiness for future opportunities issued by public authorities like Bolton Council.

## Notice

The Borough Council of Bolton ("the Authority") is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the "Service"), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed. The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include: * Cognition and Learning Needs This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia). * Communication and Interaction Needs This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders. * Physical Needs This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Borough Council of Bolton ("the Authority") is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the "Service"), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed. The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include: * Cognition and Learning Needs This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia). * Communication and Interaction Needs This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders. * Physical Needs This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085849-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Jan 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 6 Apr 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,150,000 |
| Lots value | £4,150,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,320,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BOLTON COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON |
| Locality | BOLTON |
| Post town | Bolton |
| Postcode | BL1 1RU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD36 Greater Manchester North West |
| Local authority | Bolton |
| Electoral ward | Queens Park & Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bolton North East |
| Delivery location | TLD36 Greater Manchester North West |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WOODBRIDGE TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 23 Dec 2025 at 13:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085849-2025
- 8 Dec 2021 at 17:53 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030590-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.bolton.gov.uk/
- http://www.the-chest.org.uk
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk.Once

## Provenance

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