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title: "SEN Unit and Resourced Provision Guidance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-056313"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION"
published: "2025-07-21"
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# SEN Unit and Resourced Provision Guidance

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056313

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## Summary

The Department for Education (DfE) is in the planning stage for a procurement process aimed at developing best practice guidance for Special Educational Needs (SEN) units and resourced provision within mainstream schools. This project, titled "SEN Unit and Resourced Provision Guidance," falls under the industry category of Education and Training Services. It is expected to take place online with interested suppliers invited to a market engagement webinar on 24th July 2025. Any subsequent procurement process is anticipated to open in August 2025 for a period of approximately 14 days. The work, valued at £140,000, will cover several regions including the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, and South West of England.

This procurement represents a significant opportunity for businesses with expertise in developing educational resources, particularly those with a strong background in SEN unit operations. The ideal Delivery Partner would possess the ability to produce high-quality, impactful guidance and have the capacity for stakeholder engagement and consensus building. This opportunity is well-suited for entities with a track record of facilitating working group sessions and collaborating with educational authorities like the DfE. Interested suppliers must be registered on the ECSC Dynamic Procurement System to participate, although attendance at the initial market engagement event does not require prior registration.

## Notice

The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of a forthcoming market engagement event relating to a potential procurement of an experienced Delivery Partner (DP) to develop best practice guidance, in partnership with DfE, to operate (and set up) SEN units, resourced provision, and pupil support units within mainstream schools. The guidance will be DfE guidance hosted on gov.uk. The department will be undertaking an online event on 24th July 2025 for interested suppliers. The Delivery Partner must: 1. Have access to lead practitioners with an excellent understanding and proven track record of setting up and operating SEN units, resourced provision, and pupil support units (sometimes referred to as Internal AP) (collectively hereafter referred to as 'bases'). 2. Understand the needs of mainstream schools and local authorities, so that the guidance helps senior leaders and staff to deliver high quality practice. 3. Have a track record of producing high quality and impactful sector facing resources, including guidance. 4. Have experienced facilitators able to engage and coordinate a wide range of stakeholders. 5. Have capacity to arrange and deliver facilitated working group sessions, work in partnership with the Department for Education (DfE) to develop interim and final guidance, over a 6 month period. A delivery partner will be selected via ECSC Dynamic Procurement System. Registration details can be found here: https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/SURPGuidanceProcurement/_layouts/15/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fsites%2FSURPGuidanceProcurement%2FShared%20Documents%2FDPS%20Guidance%2FNew%20%2D%201303%20%2D%20JAGGAER%20DPS%20Supplier%20Registration%20Guidance%20%28December%202020%29%20%281%29%2Epdf The Department will be undertaking a market engagement webinar event on the 24th July at 14:00. We would like to invite you to the webinar, where we will provide further detail on the requirement and an opportunity to ask questions. It is anticipated that the event will last 45 minutes. The objectives of the event will be to: * Give you an understanding of the aim of the potential procurement. * Give you the opportunity to provide feedback. Please note that a maximum of two people from each organisation can attend the event. You do not need to have completed DPS registration to attend the event, but you must be registered on the DPS to submit a bid. We may record all questions asked, as well as answers given, and make these publicly available as reference for all interested parties. If the procurement exercise goes ahead, it is expected to open in August 2025 for a window of around 14 days. More information on the potential procurement process will be provided following this market engagement activity. This notice is for information only and is not a call for competition. The Department reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not award contracts. Accordingly, the Authority will not be liable for any bid cost, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a provider in acting on the basis of this PIN. All future information will be issued to potential providers via the DfE eTendering Portal. Kind regards DfE

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Delivery Partner (DP) will be expected to develop best practice guidance in partnership with DfE, to operate and set up SEN units, resourced provision, and pupil support units within mainstream schools. The DfE team will support the DP to deliver these workstreams. This programme of work aims to: 1. Use lead practitioners to establish best practice guidance for operating and setting up bases, seeking ideas/input from a wide range of practitioners. 2. Engage a wide range of stakeholders in the development of the guidance and build consensus. 3. Produce high-quality guidance, in collaboration with DfE, that will support schools and LAs to develop high-quality provision.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041694-2025 |
| 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 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 20 Jul 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £140,000 |
| 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 | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 21 Jul 2025 at 13:56 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041694-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://educationgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/SURPGuidanceProcurement/_layouts/15/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fsites%2FSURPGuidanceProcurement%2FShared%20Documents%2FDPS%20Guidance%2FNew%20%2D%201303%20%2D%20JAGGAER%20DPS%20Supplier%20Registration%20Guidance%20%28December%202020%29%20%281%29%2Epdf
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procurement

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