--- title: "Fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH" published: "2025-12-18" --- # Fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service Buyer: ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05f9bb.json) ## Summary The Royal Borough of Greenwich is initiating a tender process for a fully integrated and managed Educational Psychology team/service. This procurement is in the planning stage, with a preliminary market engagement notice published on 18th December 2025. The process aims to find potential suppliers willing to participate in a full tender. The procurement targets the delivery of a specialist support service for the council's in-house Educational Psychology Team, primarily to outsource educational psychology assessments as required under the Children & Families Act (2014). Located in London, the procurement falls under the services category, specifically focusing on recruitment services and psychologist services. Interested parties must express their interest by 9th January 2026, in response to the market engagement scheduled by the council. This tender presents a significant business opportunity for organisations specialising in educational psychology services who can provide a comprehensive, managed service with end-to-end support. Suitable candidates would be small to medium enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) capable of delivering high standards within statutory timescales. This procurement allows the winning organisation to collaborate closely with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, offering a chance to stabilise workloads while providing essential psychological assessments and consultancy. The contract period is expected to start on 1st October 2026 and end on 30th September 2029, offering long-term engagement and growth potential for suitably qualified service providers. ## Notice The purpose of this Preliminary market engagement notice is to test the market for potential suppliers who would be wiling to participate in a full tender process. Previously this would have been referred to as a PIN (prior information notice). Interested providers must respond to procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk no later than Friday, 9th January at 12pm noon with sufficient information to demonstrate their suitability to meet the requirements set out below (ie your Expression of Interest). The service will provide specialist support to our Educational Psychology team. Specifically, the Council is seeking a service to outsource Educational Psychology assessments for children and young people undergoing a statutory assessment under the provisions of the Children & Families Act (2014). The Provider would need to: * Provide a fully integrated and managed service which manages the end-to-end process for achieving the agreed deliverables to statutory timescales, quality standards and target milestones. The Provide will need to have the necessary infrastructure, governance, professional expertise and insurance to offer this service sustainably. * Have responsibility for all allocation responsibilities and associated communications with and outside of RBG in relation their role, considering cultural competence, equal opportunities, and diversity. * Provide a single point of contact * Provide a stable group of HCPC registered educational psychologists who can provide psychological advice for EHC needs assessments within statutory time-frames and to a high standard. * Deliver work to timescale, managing workloads and 'scaffolding' EPs with time management, troubleshooting threats to time-frames and offer positive solutions * Provide wraparound support: consultancy that can highlight, audit, and promote positive solutions, as required and will communicate and support Educational Psychologists to navigate the required diversifications to role. * To capture data that is gathered, record, share and present as required with the Council i.e. in real-time. * Provide experienced Educational Psychologists/ Senior Educational Psychologists/ Principal Educational Psychologists to quality assure all reports against specified service standards. * A service which can undertake SEN consultancy and appeals - a service provider who can offer supervision e.g., for Educational Psychologists and SEND caseworkers, panel membership, consultancy, mediation, and participation in tribunal proceedings, as required. * Deliver the required quality assurance, offering completed reports that our Quality Assurance criteria. * Provide administrative support around the allocation of assessments, sharing of relevant information and submitting advice to the relevant RBG teams. * Operate a clear pricing structure with a set cost per completed report. * Provide regular performance data, including information about reports completed and the timeliness of completion. It is anticipated that most assessments will be completed by the council's in-house Educational Psychology Team. This contract would however provide flexibility and support the council to meet statutory deadlines on occasions where demand outstrips capacity. For this reason there will be no guarantee of any minimum volumes. ### Planning Information Please respond to procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084641-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Dec 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 9 Jan 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Sep 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE18 6HQ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI5 Outer London - East and North East | | ITL 3 | TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich | | Local authority | Greenwich | | Electoral ward | Woolwich Arsenal | | Westminster constituency | Greenwich and Woolwich | | Delivery location | TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 79600000 - Recruitment services - 85121270 - Psychiatrist or psychologist services ## Release History - 18 Dec 2025 at 17:51 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084641-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084641-2025 18th December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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