Non-Maintained and Independent Special Schools (NMISS) Placement Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.
London Borough of Merton publishes Education & Training work continuously — 82 notices, roughly one every 27 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
43% of London Borough of Merton’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
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The London Borough of Merton (“the Council”) is establishing a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to make placements for Children and Young People (CYP) with Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans in the Non-Maintained and Independent Special Schools (NMISS).
The DPS will go live on 3rd April 2023 and will remain open to schools to apply to join at any time until 3rd April 2028.
The Council is working with adam HTT Ltd to introduce a web-based system, adam Procure, to manage the DPS.
What this notice demands of you
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Non-Maintained and Independent Special Schools (NMISS) Placement Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
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What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-037f71
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Buyer ref
- 031325-2022
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