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Devon County Council

Open Light Touch Framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon

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Historical: no longer open for bids.

01/ The notice

Key facts

Value
£613,990,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
Deadline (UK time)
Fri 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BSTClosed.
Published
8 Sep 2025
Region
Not stated

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

Devon County Council will be setting up an open framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon. The framework will comprise the following Lots:

Lot 1a - Pre-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent schools, independent special schools or non-maintained special schools.

Lot 1b - Post-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent post-16 settings and independent special post-16 settings schools and colleges.

Lot 2a - Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support which form part of an educated other than at school (EOTAS) which has been named within a child or young person's statutory Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

Lot 2b - Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support to enable children and young people to reintegrate to their school or move onto another education setting.

A tender launch event will be held via Microsoft Teams on 18th September 2025 from 1.30 - 3pm where information on the tender process will be shared with providers. To book a place to attend the tender launch event, please email louise.k.baker@devon.gov.uk and hannah.robinson@devon.gov.uk confirming your name, company name and email address. A Teams meeting calendar request will then be forwarded on to enable attendance.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

  • 80000000
  • 85000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

7 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

  1. 7 Mar 2025
    Planning notice

    Planning notice published 7 March 2025.

    Release 008287-2025

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  2. 8 Sep 2025
    Tender notice

    Tender notice published 8 September 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Deadline in this release: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST.

    Release 054487-2025

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  3. 19 Sep 2025
    Tender notice update

    Tender notice update published 19 September 2025. Stated change: Information on the tender launch event has been removed as the event was held on 18/09/2025.

    Deadline in this release: Fri 17 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST.

    Release 057930-2025

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  4. 1 Dec 2025
    Notice

    Notice published 1 December 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Release 078348-2025

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  5. 11 Dec 2025
    Award notice

    Award notice published 11 December 2025. The source does not state what changed.

    Release 081761-2025

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  6. 9 Feb 2026
    Notice

    Notice published 9 February 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.

    Release 011203-2026

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  7. 19 Feb 2026
    Award notice

    Award notice published 19 February 2026. The source does not state what changed.

    Release 015068-2026

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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

  • The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The notice gave a deadline of Friday 17 October 2025, 12:00 BST. It is no longer open for bids.

Devon County Council published this notice.

Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value: £613,990,000.

07/ Tender hubs

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08/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-04ea55
Source
Find a Tender
Stage
tender · Open
Framework
Yes, as recorded by the source
Last verified
Mon 6 Apr 2026, 21:46 BST
Read at
Thu 22 Oct 2026, 21:15 BST

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