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title: "Suffolk Alternative Provision Tier One (Outreach) Service"
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# Suffolk Alternative Provision Tier One (Outreach) Service

Buyer: SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e9aa

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## Summary

Suffolk County Council is managing the procurement process for the Suffolk Alternative Provision Tier One (Outreach) Service. This procurement, now in the 'tender' stage, aims to deliver targeted early support within mainstream schools across the UKH14 region, mainly in Ipswich, United Kingdom. The procurement falls under the education and training services, as well as health and social work services industry categories. This open procurement procedure has a total contract value of £1,600,000 GBP, with electronic submissions allowed until 13th April 2026. The initial contract period is scheduled from 1st September 2026 to 31st August 2028, with potential extension of up to 24 months. A notable milestone was on 1st April 2026, when the council cancelled a previous tender due to changes in the documentation, with plans to reissue a new tender notice subsequently.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that provide educational and social support services, particularly those experienced in managing complex educational needs and working collaboratively with schools and stakeholders. Companies that are Ofsted registered and can demonstrate past success in improving educational outcomes for vulnerable children, while offering innovative intervention methods, would be well-positioned to leverage this contract. The project's primary objective—to bolster educational attainment and inclusion for children at risk of exclusion—aligns well with businesses focusing on education, social care, and health services, thus offering a platform for substantial community impact and business growth.

## Notice

Suffolk County Council (SCC) are currently out to tender for an Alternative Provision Tier One (Outreach) Service. This involves delivering targeted early support within mainstream schools, supporting children across all Key Stages 1 - 4, to address emerging needs promptly. The goal is to provide assistance before challenges escalate for children, reducing the likelihood of exclusion, maximising engagement and participation in learning and promoting inclusion with the mainstream educational environment. Timely outreach support and robust intervention with Children and Young People (CYP) to ensure they can succeed and remain in mainstream education will raise education attainment and skill levels. This is important as these CYP are often our most vulnerable in our communities and failure to secure a good quality educational offer can often lead to a reliance upon other services such as social care or mental health providers. The CYP who will be referred, and who will access the Tier 1 Outreach support, will have complex needs that will require the provider to tailor their approach to the individual needs of the young person. This will involve working in partnership with other agencies, schools and stakeholders as well as parents/carers and the young people themselves to ensure best outcomes. The primary objective of Tier 1 AP is to provide specific support around barriers to learning and enable pupils to remain in their referring school. The Special Educational Needs/Alternative Provision Service Development Team has a core focus on commissioning high quality educational provision for vulnerable and disadvantaged learners as well as ensuring that this cohort of pupils can make progress based on age, ability and prior achievement through easy access to a robust 'Local Offer' as set out in the SEND reforms (Special Education Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years). Historically there has been a significant increase in the number of young people permanently excluded across all Key Stages. Suffolk County Council has a continued commitment to provide the right intervention at the right time. As such, this Tier 1 AP Outreach programme can have a key impact to avoid exclusion.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Contract can be extended by up to 24 months.

### Planning Information

Across SCC, we have been carefully considering our AP Strategy and how we further support children in Suffolk in line with the 3 Tiers of AP as defined by the DfE here: 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-and-alternative-provision-improvement-plan
With this in mind, we are hosting a market engagement event on MS Teams from 10am - 11am on Tuesday 9th December 2025. If you would like to attend and support the next steps in Alternative Provision for Suffolk's CYP, please email providerservices@suffolk.gov.uk to confirm your interest.
Please note, it is envisaged that prospective bidders will need to be an Ofsted registered educational setting in order to be eligible for this contract. This, and any other Conditions of Participation, will be clearly set out in the tender documents and in the tender notice should we go ahead with the procurement. 
Interested parties are also invited to complete the following questionnaire (ideally by 12 noon on Friday 5th December):
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7GqcEEZQlUqPPIT2O6GK9NucBo7UfLdKgWqPcZtBi1RUQUgyOURQTFIxTFlJVzdRSks0VDMxM1FLMC4u
We are aiming for a Tier 1 Outreach offer to be able to support children across mainstream schools from 1 September 2026, with a contract running for a minimum of two years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030429-2026 |
| Notice type | UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning, Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Future notice date | 20 Feb 2026 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | 2028-03-11 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,333,333 |
| Lots value | £1,600,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Cancelled |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | Missing |
| Locality | IPSWICH |
| Post town | Ipswich |
| Postcode | IP1 2BX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH62 Ipswich |
| Local authority | Ipswich |
| Electoral ward | Gipping |
| Westminster constituency | Ipswich |
| Delivery location | TLH14 Suffolk CC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 1 Apr 2026 at 13:46 - TenderCancellation - UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030429-2026
- 11 Mar 2026 at 17:15 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022023-2026
- 26 Nov 2025 at 17:17 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077438-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030429-2026
  1st April 2026 - Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022023-2026
  11th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077438-2025
  26th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=7GqcEEZQlUqPPIT2O6GK9NucBo7UfLdKgWqPcZtBi1RUQUgyOURQTFIxTFlJVzdRSks0VDMxM1FLMC4u
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/suffolksourcing/aspx/ProjectManage/20035
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-and-alternative-provision-improvement-plan
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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