--- title: "Individual Packages of Education Support (2025)" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2025-01-20" --- # Individual Packages of Education Support (2025) Buyer: ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d4a0.json) ## Summary Essex County Council is seeking providers to deliver Individual Packages of Educational Support Services for students of compulsory school age who are unable to attend school. The procurement, titled "Individual Packages of Education Support (2025)", falls under the Education and training services category and is valued at £139,787,000. The procurement process is in the tender stage with electronic submissions being accepted until 18th February 2025, 13:00. The services are divided into four lots: Tuition Services, Vocational Services, Virtual Learning Services, and Early intervention/re-engagement services, each requiring specific expertise. This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in education and training services to grow by providing diverse educational support catering to different needs, such as one-to-one tuition, vocational training, virtual learning, and therapeutic activities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on specialised educational services are well-suited to bid, leveraging their expertise to meet the Council’s detailed service specifications across the outlined lots. The open procurement method promotes competitive tendering, ensuring high-quality service provision for Essex County Council’s educational requirements. ## Notice Essex County Council ("the Council") is seeking to secure a range of effective, reliable and efficient providers to deliver Individual Packages of Educational Support Services to enable the authority to meet its statutory responsibilities to provide suitable education for children of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This procurement will be conducted under the light touch regime and incorporate the following four lots: Lot1 Tuition Services, Lot 2 Vocational Services, Lot 3 Virtual Learning Services and Lot 4: Early intervention/re-engagement services (Supplementary Education). Further details regarding the Council's requirements for each of these lots can be found within the service specification. ### Lot Information Tuition Services This lot is designed to provide tuition services in a range of subjects including but not limited to core subjects, GCSEs and functional skills to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This tuition can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement. Vocational Services This lot is designed to provide alternative provision across a wide variety of vocational subject areas including but not limited to: construction hair and beauty animal care food technology motor vehicle maintenance performing arts and music sports gardening/horticulture Individual provision Group provision Reintegration or transition into an education setting, training or employment. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement. Virtual Learning Services This lot is designed to provide online delivery of educational support across a variety of subject areas to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school. This tuition can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement. Early intervention/re-engagement services (Supplementary Education) This lot is designed to provide therapeutic activities including but not limited to music, art, drama and play therapies to students of compulsory school age, who due to exclusion or otherwise are unable to attend school with the overarching aim of enabling them to re-integrate into education. This therapy can either be delivered on a one to one basis with an individual student or in a group setting. Further details of the Council's requirements for this lot can be found within the service specification for this procurement. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001861-2025 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 20 Jan 2025 | | Submission deadline | 18 Feb 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £139,787,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | CHELMSFORD | | Post town | Chelmsford | | Postcode | CM1 1QH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH36 Heart of Essex | | Local authority | Chelmsford | | Electoral ward | Moulsham and Central | | Westminster constituency | Chelmsford | | Delivery location | TLH3 Essex | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 20 Jan 2025 at 12:58 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001861-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://procontract.due-north.com - https://www.essex.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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