Special education services

Tender description

East Sussex County Council is seeking to procure a single supplier framework for the provision of mediation and disagreement resolution services. The Council is acting as lead authority on behalf of the 15 members of the South East Mediation Group. It is anticipated that all members of the South East Mediation Group shall enter into a call-off contract under the framework agreement immediately upon award of the framework agreement. Membership to the South East Mediation Group and access to the framework is open to other authorities covered by NUTS Codes UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK . The service provider will be expected to provide an impartial and independent service that enables the Council and other contracting authorities to fulfil their statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 concerning special educational provision. East Sussex County Council is seeking to procure a single supplier framework for the provision of mediation and disagreement resolution services. The Council is acting as lead authority on behalf of the 15 members of the South East Mediation Group. These members are East Sussex County Council, Bracknell Forest Council, Brighton and Hove City Council, Buckinghamshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Croydon Borough Council, Essex County Council, Kent County Council, Medway Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council, Southampton City Council, Reading Borough Council, Surrey County Council and West Sussex County Council. It is anticipated that all members of the South East Mediation Group shall enter into a call-off contract under the framework agreement immediately upon award of the framework agreement. Membership to the South East Mediation Group and access to the framework is open to other authorities covered by NUTS Codes UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK . The service provider will be expected to provide an impartial and independent service that enables the Council and other contracting authorities to fulfil their statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 concerning special educational provision.