Contracts Finder notice
Provision of Alternative Provision (Education) for Children and Young People: Regulated for Permanently Excluded Pupils
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council
CPV: Education and training services (80000000)
Published contract value£1,196,245Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Aug 2027
Awarded to Sophia High Ltd
Contract starts 1 Nov 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Service delivers Department for Education (DfE) accredited online education for secondary-aged pupils (11-16 years, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4) who have been permanently excluded (PEX). It supports Lincolnshire County Council in meeting its statutory duty to provide suitable education from the sixth day of exclusion.\r
Each pupil referred to the service will receive a broad and balanced curriculum, equivalent to 25 hours of learning per week, aligned with the requirements of their respective Key Stage. Education will be delivered during standard school term times.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Buyer reference
- LINCOLN001-DN795932-38772831
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Open
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- East Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision30 Oct 2025
- Notice published30 Oct 2025
- Contract starts1 Nov 2025
- Contract ends31 Aug 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Lincolnshire County CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Sophia High LtdSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-39c0e3df-a49a-4459-b66e-6412fa8b6b75-2025-10-30T13:39:19Z
- Published
- 30 Oct 2025
- Latest update
- 30 Oct 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-39c0e3df-a49a-4459-b66e-6412fa8b6b75
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-39c0e3df-a49a-4459-b66e-6412fa8b6b75-1