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West Northamptonshire Council

The Provision of Education Psychology Assessments

HealthcareCPV 85121270
Value£186k
Deadline4 Sept 2026
Published14 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 14 Aug 202616 days leftCloses 4 Sept 2026
Who to contact
procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Tenders must be submitted electronically via the West Northamptonshire Council e-procurement portal (In-Tend): https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc Responses must be completed and submitted through the portal by the stated deadline. Submissions by email, post or other means will not be accepted.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£186ktotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

West Northamptonshire Council ("the Authority") is seeking to appoint a single supplier to provide Educational Psychology services to support the completion of statutory Educational Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs).

The Authority currently has a backlog of approximately 130 statutory assessments requiring Psychological Advice.

The successful provider will supply qualified Associate Educational Psychologists (EPs) to undertake assessments and produce Psychological Advice reports within the statutory EHCNA process.

The service is required to support the Authority in reducing waiting times for families and meeting its statutory duties.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The successful provider will supply qualified Associate

The successful provider will supply qualified Associate Educational Psychologists (EPs) to undertake assessments and produce Psychological Advice reports within the statutory EHCNA process.

02

The service is required to support

The service is required to support the Authority in reducing waiting times for families and meeting its statutory duties.

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What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCQC registration / safeguarding policies
  • Plan for deliveryDBS-checked staff & vetting process
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
077668-2026
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