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Buckinghamshire Council

Alternative Education Provision for children who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education

EducationCPV 80000000
ValueValue not published
Awarded
Published16 Jun 2021
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded
Progress Schools Limited

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

Who to contact
Mr Adrian Ratcliff
adrian.ratcliff@buckinghamshire.gov.uk
+44 1296383337

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The brief

The Council has a duty to secure Alternative Education Provision (AEP) which is defined as education arranged by local authorities for pupils who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education.

The purpose of the service will be to support the Council with this duty by providing a full time AEP service for this cohort.

This service specification sets out the scope and requirements for these services in three lots: • Lot 1 – Full Time onsite Alternative Education Provision to permanently excluded and challenging young people, predominantly at Key Stage 4; • Lot 2 – Full time virtual/online education for children in Key Stages, 3, 4 and 5; • Lot 3 – Short Term Provision for children with an EHCP without a permanent school place.

The contract for all Lots will commence on 1 September 2021.

The indicative budget for Lot 1 is estimated to be around 480,000 GBP per annum, Lot 2 it is likely to be between 50 000 and 100,00 GBP per annum and Lot 3 is likely to be between 80 000 and 130,000 GBP per annum.

This is only an estimate and the actual spend maybe higher or lower than these figures.

The Council is of the opinion that TUPE will apply to Lot 1 only.

This Contract award notice is for Lot 1 only.

Lot 2 and 3 have not been awarded.

Following evaluation of all the tenders for Lot 2 and Lot 3 we have taken the decision not to award any contracts.

This is in accordance with Regulation 55 of the Public Contract (s) Regulations 2015.

The decision was taken for reasons of affordability.

Unfortunately, the tender submissions that the Council received were all in excess of the Council’s budget for the specified service.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

To support the Council with this duty

to support the Council with this duty by providing a full time AEP service for this cohort.

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.

TUPE transferContract conditions
The Council is of the opinion that TUPE will apply to Lot 1 only.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02931d
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
013641-2021
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