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Alternative provision tenders from UK public buyers

Alternative provision tenders open now: 2. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 54 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to SOPHIA HIGH LIMITED on 2 Jul 2026.

Checked against primary sources3 sources linked below

Alternative provision tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 54 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which alternative provision tenders are open now?

2 notices with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, closing soonest first, all matched by text.

Alternative provision tenders matched by text

Each title, buyer or stated region matches this hub’s rule. That is a word match, not a judgment of what is bought.

Which buyers publish the most alternative provision notices?

Sheffield City Council, with 6 notices of 54 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.

  1. Sheffield City Council6
  2. Lincolnshire County Council4
  3. Norfolk County Council4
  4. Suffolk County Council4
  5. Nottinghamshire County Council2
  6. Royal Borough of Greenwich2
  7. West Northamptonshire Council2
  8. West Sussex County Council2

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 54 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.

How many alternative provision notices are published each month?

About 4 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was October 2026, with 7.

1 of the 9 alternative provision notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (11%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Award20
Planning14
Tender9
Contract8
Tender cancellation3
Stage as the source records it, of 54 notices in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0000
£25,000 to £100,0001
£100,000 to £500,0001
£500,000 to £2 million3
£2 million or more4
Only the 9 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won alternative provision contracts recently?

TARGETED PROVISION LTD won 3 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 2 Jul 2026, Lincolnshire County Council recorded an award to SOPHIA HIGH LIMITED for “ALTERNATIVE PROVISION – OEAS PLACEMENTS - PERMANENTLY EXCLUDED PRIMARY PUPILS”, at a recorded value of £199,680.

Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified

SupplierAward notices won
TARGETED PROVISION LTD3
THE NATIONAL TEACHING & ADVISORY SERVICE LIMITED3
33 RECRUITMENT LTD2
ASEND LIMITED2
BE MY TUTOR LTD2
CATCH-UP ACADEMY LTD2
DRAGON FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD2
FLEET EDUCATION SERVICES LIMITED2
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 28 of 28 award and contract notices in the window. From the legacy award table, which ends on 23 July 2026. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as alternative provision tenders here?

Education places for pupils outside mainstream school: registered and unregistered alternative provision, SEND and specialist placements, interim and therapeutic education. Mainstream school places, tutoring for pupils in school, and children's social care placements are excluded.

Classified

The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: alternative and specialist education provision. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.

Matched by text

The title contains one of: alternative provision, independent school placements. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.

  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.

  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.

  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

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  1. 2 notices open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.

  2. Sheffield City Council published 6 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 54 in the last 12 months.

  3. TARGETED PROVISION LTD won 3 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 28 award and contract notices read for this hub.

  4. About 4 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 54 in the 12-month window.
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Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many alternative provision tenders are open now?
2 notices with a stated deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026, all matched by text. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
22 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not yet published to public pages
  • Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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