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title: "Harmony SEND Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078397"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Isle of Wight Council"
published: "2026-10-20"
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# Harmony SEND Services

Buyer: Isle of Wight Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078397

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## Summary

The Isle of Wight Council bought strategic leadership, management and improvement support for its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) service. The consultant’s remit covers strengthening leadership capacity across the council’s Statutory SEND Team and Neurodivergent Team, helping the council meet its statutory SEND responsibilities, implement its Autism Strategy and improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND. This is business and management consultancy. The work is for the council’s SEND service on the Isle of Wight.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to HARMONY SEND SOLUTIONS LTD, an SME. The council used a direct award because it had been unable to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced SEND Manager, risking its ability to meet statutory duties and improve the service; the consultancy provides leadership capacity while a long-term solution is established. The contract was signed on 20 October 2026 and runs from 21 October 2026 to 27 October 2028. Its value is £251,000 excluding VAT (£301,200 including VAT). There was one lot, and the award was for business and management consultancy services. The recorded award date is 1 October 2026.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible suppliers would need to demonstrate senior SEND leadership and management experience, including the ability to strengthen a council’s statutory service and deliver improvement while maintaining compliance with legal responsibilities. Experience across both statutory SEND provision and neurodivergence would be particularly relevant, as would the capability to support implementation of an autism strategy and improve outcomes for children and young people. The council’s use of a direct award followed difficulty recruiting a suitably qualified and experienced SEND Manager, indicating that immediate access to proven leadership capacity was central to this purchase. This was a substantial, single-lot consultancy engagement for an SME supplier, so a competitor would need the expertise and capacity to provide strategic support across the service rather than a narrowly defined advisory input.

## Notice

The Consultant will provide strategic leadership, management and improvement support to Isle of Wight Council's SEND Service. The consultant will strengthen leadership capacity across the Statutory SEND Team and Neurodivergent Team, ensuring the effective delivery of statutory SEND responsibilities, implementation of the Council's Autism Strategy, and continuous improvement in outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. Please refer to UK5 and UK6 notice as to the background. The standstill concluded midnight on 19 October 2026.

### Procurement Information

The service was facing a prolonged inability to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced SEND Manager, creating a significant risk to the Council's ability to meet its statutory SEND responsibilities and deliver the required improvements across the service. The consultancy arrangement was therefore pursued to provide immediate strategic leadership and management capacity while a sustainable long-term solution is established.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098738-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 21 Oct 2026 - 27 Oct 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £251,000 |
| Contracts value | £251,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Isle of Wight Council |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Postcode area | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO30 1UD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |
| Local authority | Isle of Wight |
| Electoral ward | Newport Central |
| Westminster constituency | Isle of Wight West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HARMONY SEND SOLUTIONS LTD |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 08:18 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098738-2026
- 8 Oct 2026 at 12:03 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095141-2026
- 8 Oct 2026 at 11:54 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095135-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098738-2026
  20th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095141-2026
  8th October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095135-2026
  8th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

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