This is a new competitive procurement using a open procedure conducted in accordance

with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations.

Nottinghamshire County Council (‘the Council’) are running an open tender process to

establish a new framework under which the Council are looking to commission Independent

non-maintained special schools (INMSS) and Post-16 (where the provision is delivered in

house by the school) for the provision of specialist school placements for pupils who are not

attending mainstream or maintained schools and who have an Education Health Care (EHC)

Plan.

The establishment of a framework agreement for INMSS is the first phase of the

recommissioning of the Specialist Education provision for the Council as set out in the Vision

document. Ultimately the framework will be extended to include Alternative Education

Provision and Post-16 institutions (e.g., further education colleges that are not part of the

INMSS), that will be the second/third phases of the recommissioning project and new

procurement processes will be run at later dates which are yet to be decided.

The new framework will replace the current Independent / non-maintained special schools

Approved Provider List for Nottinghamshire (NAPL).

Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) 'the Council' ran an open tender process in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement regulations 2015 to establish a new framework for Specialist Education.

Under this lot the Council is looking to commission block contracts, known as “call-offs” from the Framework Agreement in each of the Nottinghamshire districts. The Block contracts will start from the beginning of the new school academic year commencing from September 2024. Note due to the limited number of bids the start date of the framework was put back to the 1st January 2025 and the commencement date of block contracts would be from the 1st January 2025.

Schools could bid to operate in an area. The areas known as districts/boroughs are as follows:

Sub Lot Area

A Ashfield

B Bassetlaw

C Broxtowe

D Gedling

E Mansfield

F Newark and Sherwood

G Rushcliffe

The scope and nature of the services required by the Council are set out in more detail in the

Specification. The service is required across the whole of Nottinghamshire County

(excluding Nottingham City).

The term of the framework agreement will be for a period of 5 years and will commence from 01 January 2025 to the 31 December 2029. The earliest date “call-off” contracts can commence under Lot 1 is the 1st of January 2025.

There is potential to extend this Framework Agreement for up to a further 6 years in increments of 24 months

The tender was published on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/: Reference DN694393

Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) 'the Council' is running an open tender process in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement regulations 2015 to establish a new framework for Specialist Education.

This lot will see the establishment of a new approved INMSS provider list for placements that replaces the current Independent / non-maintained special schools Approved Provider List for Nottinghamshire (NAPL). This provider list will be effective from the 1st of January 2025 ** from which placements can be commissioned. **Note due to the limited number of bids the start date of the framework was put back to the 1st January 2025 from the 1st April 2024

Bidders that are successful in demonstrating that they are able to meet the Council’ standards, as set out in the service specification, will be added to the Approved INMSS Provider List and will be subsequently invited to offer places that match the needs of the children and young people.

Full details of the provision required are detailed in the service specification.

The term of the framework agreement will be for a period of 5 years and will commence from 01 January 2025 to the 31 December 2029. There is potential to extend this Framework Agreement for up to a further 6 years in increments of 24 months

The tender was published on https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Reference DN694393