Administrative educational services

Tender description

Leicester City Council (the ‘Authority’) had invited tenders for the provision of special educational needs and disabilities information, advice and support service (SENDIASS) and choice advice service (CAS). The aim of the SENDIASS is to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families to make informed decisions about the young person’s education, health and care requirements. The aim of choice advice service is to support families with making an informed application for a place at a mainstream school. Families will be provided with easy to understand information on schools in the area, the likelihood of gaining a place, the admission process and their right of appeal. The procurement of this service has now concluded and contract awarded. In addition to the short description in Section II.1.4) please note the following: The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years (36 months) to commence on 1.10.2019 until 30.9.2022 with an option to extend, subject to satisfactory performance outcomes and agreement by the Authority, for a further period or periods of up to a total of 24 months i.e. potentially 5 years if the extension options are exercised. The proposed service is based on current and known funding allocations. These could alter through the life of the contract in light of changes in future local and central government funding. The contract value assigned to this service is 160 000 GBP per annum (115 000 GBP per annum for SENDIASS and 45 000 GBP per annum for choice advice service) (800 000 GBP for the full 60 months contract period 36 months plus the option to extend for a further period or periods of up to 24 months). Inflationary uplift is not to be applied to this contract by the Authority during the life of the contract (the initial period or extension period/s if exercised). It is the Authority’s preliminary view that TUPE is likely to apply in respect of this contract.