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The Borough Council of Bolton

TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service

Community ServicesCPV 98000000
Value£4.2m
Deadline20 Jan 2022
Published8 Dec 2021
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 8 Dec 2021ClosedCloses 20 Jan 2022
Who to contact
Mr Irfan Oomer
irfan.oomer@bolton.gov.uk

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this tender£0£4.5m

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The brief

The Borough Council of Bolton (“the Authority”) is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the “Service”), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.

The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice.

The key areas of need for this Service include: • Cognition and Learning Needs This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay.

They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia). • Communication and Interaction Needs This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders. • Physical Needs This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.

Provider Briefing There will be a Provider Briefing Session that Tenderers can attend during the advertisement of this ITT.

The Provider Briefing Session will be held on Wednesday 15 December 2021, 10am for approximately 60 minutes, via MS Teams; to attend the Provider Briefing Session, please send a message via The Chest, after which the details, including the MS Teams invite, will be forwarded to you.

The cut-off date to request attendance to the Provider Briefing Session is Tuesday 14 December 2021, close of play.

The Authority will publish a list of FAQ's and responses on The Chest following the Provider Briefing Session.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The Service must specialise in the main

The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice.

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OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
030590-2021
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