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title: "Independent Chair"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-056641"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL"
published: "2025-07-25"
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# Independent Chair

Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-056641

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## Summary

Sheffield City Council has completed the procurement process for the role of an Interim Independent Chair as part of their improvement project to establish a SEND partnership. This procurement falls under the industry category of business services, including law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security, specifically located in Sheffield, United Kingdom (region UKE32). The award was granted on 25th July 2025, with the contract period set to begin on 1st August 2025 and end on 30th September 2026. This process, classified as "below threshold - without competition," utilised a direct procurement method and has reached the 'award' stage.

This contract provides significant opportunities for consultancies and organisations specialising in governance, strategic partnerships, and public sector reform, particularly in the context of education and SEND. Companies like Grant Public Consultancy Limited, the successful supplier for this contract, which are small to medium enterprises (SMEs), could find similar opportunities advantageous in diversifying their portfolios and expanding service offerings. Given the focus on secure partnership boards and improvement projects, businesses with expertise in facilitating organisational change and developing leadership structures will be highly competitive in this and similar procurement opportunities.

## Notice

For an (Interim) Independent Chair to support an improvement project to set up a SEND partnership, with a focus on improvement and a secure partnership board. The aim is to establish and move the partnership to the point where it can consider its arrangements for permanent chair. This will be when the partnership is securely established, fully functioning, and may have moved through an accelerated period of improvement following an Area SEND Ofsted Inspection, and therefore be in a stable position.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043124-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2025 - 30 Sep 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £50,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2HH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield |
| Local authority | Sheffield |
| Electoral ward | City |
| Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GRANT PUBLIC CONSULTANCY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 25 Jul 2025 at 12:01 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043124-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/043124-2025
  25th July 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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