Education and training services

Tender description

The outcome of the procurement is intended to meet the following objectives: 1) Education for the current cohort of pupils shall be provided for, at Wennington Hall School or other DFE registered site(s), where another site will deliver improved education provision and would not entail a greater travel requirement than to the current site. 2) The authority intends to lease the premises to the successful tenderer, then transfer ownership of Wennington Hall School property along with all associated liabilities, with these being taken on by the successful tenderer. 3) Provider utilisation of the Wennington Hall School site for specialist education provision and/or children's social care provision for a minimum of 7 years, from the service commencement date to meet market need. Please see the tender documents for further information. Wennington Hall School (WHS) is located in a large country house within 17 acres of attractive well maintained grounds in Wennington village in the picturesque Lune Valley, Lancashire, a rural setting north of Lancaster close to the Cumbria and North Yorkshire borders. It is designated as a community residential special school for young people with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs. An Ofsted monitoring visit took place on 7 November 2017 which identified a number of improvements and set out areas for further improvement; and a further full inspection was carried out in July 2019 with the report published on 9 October 2019 with a continued judgement of Inadequate. To date, the Regional Schools Commissioner has been unable to identify a suitable sponsor, which has prompted the local authority to consider its options for the future of the school and its pupils. The authority intends to commission a provider of special educational needs services associated with Wennington Hall School. The anticipated value of the Services is approximately GBP 700 000 to GBP 1 230 000 for the delivery of services to the current cohort between September 2021 and the end of the academic year in 2024. The authority value the WHS Property at GBP 2 750 000. Tenderers are required to submit their own valuation of the property within Appendix 5 – Pricing Schedule. Note: details of value or potential future uptake is given in good faith to assist you in submitting your tender. They should not be interpreted as an undertaking that this will be the value of the services and do not form part of the agreement. The agreement term for the services will be three years, if the service commencement date is September 2021. The authority reserves the right to enter into negotiations with tenderers. The Authority may negotiate upon: • the proposals to meet the procurement objectives and the service specification, • the information submitted in the pricing schedule, • other aspects of the submission impacted as a consequence of negotiating the areas identified above, • for the avoidance of doubt the authority will not negotiate on what we consider to be our minimum requirements including the substantive terms and conditions as set out in the agreement, inclusive of its schedules the service specification, the lease agreement heads of terms. Please see the Invitation to Tender document for more details regarding the tender procedure. The tender can be found on the authority's oracle sourcing portal under the RFQ Number: 15268559. Amended versions of the tender are denoted at the end of the RFQ Number by a comma followed by an amendment number. Search results should display any and all amended versions of the tender. The latest version is determined as being the RFQ Number with the highest amendment number. You may only make a submission against the latest amendment. Where you have made a submission against a tender that is subsequently amended you will be required to resubmit prior to the submission deadline.