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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

The Borough Council of Bolton

TC004 - Vulnerable Childrens Services - Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support Service

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£306k
Awarded29 Jun 2020
Published30 May 2023
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£306ktotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£4.1m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Other Community & Personal Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,835 valued Other Community & Personal Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The Borough Council of Bolton (the Authority) is prepared to receive tenders for Vulnerable Childrens Services - Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support Service which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.

This procurement exercise is being run as an Open Invitation to Tender (ITT) under the Light Touch Regime Rules and the Authority will appoint a single (1) contractor on the Framework Agreement.

The term of the Framework Agreement will be for 2 years with the option to extend for a further two (2) twelve-month extensions.

It is intended for the Framework Agreement to commence on 1 November 2020.

The Provider must provide a confidential arms length service which is offered on behalf of the Authority.

The Service must evidence they meet the relevant national minimum standards that Information, Advice and Support Services must provide, as set out in the Children and Families Act (CFA) 2014, the SEND Code of Practice and on additional legal advice commissioned by the Information, Advice and Support Service Network.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support

Special Educational Needs Information, Advice and Support Service which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.

02

The Provider must provide a confidential arms

The Provider must provide a confidential arms length service which is offered on behalf of the Authority.

03

The Service must evidence they meet

The Service must evidence they meet the relevant national minimum standards that Information, Advice and Support Services must provide, as set out in the Children and Families Act (CFA) 2014, the SEND Code of Practice and on additional legal advice commissioned by the Information, Advice and Support Service Network.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
This procurement exercise is being run as an Open Invitation to Tender (ITT) under the Light Touch Regime Rules and the Authority will appoint a single (1) contractor on the Framework Agreement.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
58c726bb-480c-47ad-b609-e39184ce537d
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
BOLT001-DN478774-25767101
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