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Dynamic Purchasing System for Alternative Education Provision

EducationCPV 80000000

Value£7.0m

Deadline31 Jul 2028

Published19 May 2023

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 19 May 2023699 days leftCloses 31 Jul 2028

Who to contact

procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk

droe@worcestershire.gov.uk

+44 1905844896

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£7.0mtotal contract value

median £84k

this tender£0£7.6m

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.

When this comes round again

Worcestershire County Council publishes Education & Training work continuously — 41 notices, roughly one every 61 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

31% of Worcestershire County Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Following consultation with key stakeholders as part of the AP review WCF wish to strengthen the AP commissioning for registered and unregistered providers and to provide schools/settings with information regarding alternative provision available to support the children and young people of Worcestershire.WCF are therefore looking to implement a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) with two ‘lots’ for the following areas:• Lot 1 - Alternative Provision Providers (Registered and Un-registered Providers) • Lot 2 - Home tuition I

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Dynamic Purchasing System for Alternative Education Provision

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What it takes to bid this

25–40 daysof bid-team effort

£17.1k–£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£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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Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

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