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title: "Alternative (Education) Provision in Oxfordshire"
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# Alternative (Education) Provision in Oxfordshire

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-education-provision-in-oxfordshire-ocds-h6vhtk-040cc7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Oxfordshire County Council: "Alternative (Education) Provision in Oxfordshire". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: sebp.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Oxfordshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/oxfordshire-county-council-ons-e10000025)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 November 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Higher education services, Primary education services, Secondary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ14
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040cc7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-education-provision-in-oxfordshire-ocds-h6vhtk-040cc7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [sebp.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsebp.due-north.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alternative-education-provision-in-oxfordshire-ocds-h6vhtk-040cc7#participate

## Description
Oxfordshire County Council would like to invite all Alternative Education Providers to our Provider Forum to explore the Oxfordshire County Council Open Framework for Alternative Education Provision.
The objectives of the session will be as follows:
•	To understand Alternative Education Provision and the future of AEP in Oxfordshire
•	To review OCC’s AEP Framework
•	To explore key aspects of the service specification
•	To explore keys areas when applying to join the framework
•	To explore the next application timeframe and what will be in place from September 2025
•	The role of procurement in AEP
•	The role of brokerage in AEP
•	Quality and Improvement processes in AEP
•	An opportunity for questions and discussion
Please feel free to reach out to us if there are any questions you would like to address in this meeting.
This meeting will be held over Teams on the following date and times:
•	Tuesday 8th July at 10am – 12pm
•	Tuesday 8th July at 4pm – 6pm
Please contact us at ellie.rodas@oxfordshire.gov.uk expressing which is your preferred time. Invites will be sent out on a first come first served basis.
WHAT IS ALTERNATIVE PROVISION?
Alternative Provision (AP) provides education and support to often vulnerable pupils and each placement has the potential to transform a child’s life chances. AP is education arranged and commissioned for pupils of compulsory school age outside of mainstream or special schools, who would not otherwise receive suitable education for any reason.
AP will be commissioned from providers using an Open Framework to support the Council in meeting its statutory responsibilities by providing a mechanism to purchase from quality assured Service Providers to deliver a variety of educational services to CYP.
The purpose of the Framework is to ensure Children and Young People (CYP) that require AP have access to high quality and appropriate alternative education provision from a range of approved, quality assured providers with agreed rates, who demonstrate the skills and experience to meet the needs of the CYP and is intended to facilitate the placement of vulnerable learners by providing an online directory of approved providers and clarity on rates for services offered.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Online only provision Curriculum based
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKJ

- **Description:** Oxfordshire County Council would like to invite all Alternative Education Providers to our Provider Forum to explore the Oxfordshire County Council Open Framework for Alternative Education Provision.
The objectives of the session will be as follows:
...

### Lot 2: Providers offer AP at a premises or in another suitable location such as a library, school or college.
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80100000, 80200000, 80300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Providers offer AP at a premises or in another suitable location such as a library, school or college.
We expect providers to be offering a range of provision including but not limited to
- Curriculum based provision include but are not limited to En...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 034890-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **1st Staff Limited, Academy21, Ackerman Pierce Ltd (+42 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-74999`, `GB-FTS-108805`, `GB-FTS-108806`, `GB-FTS-20658`, `GB-FTS-152336`, `GB-FTS-108809`, `GB-FTS-152338`, `GB-COH:13609286`, `GB-FTS-110163`, `GB-FTS-152340`, `GB-FTS-23511`, `GB-FTS-108810`, `GB-FTS-120408`, `GB-FTS-152343`, `GB-FTS-152344`, `GB-FTS-152345`, `GB-FTS-152346`, `GB-FTS-120398`, `GB-FTS-54243`, `GB-FTS-152349`, `GB-FTS-74997`, `GB-COH-10192753`, `GB-FTS-152352`, `GB-FTS-152353`, `GB-FTS-152354`, `GB-FTS-152355`, `GB-FTS-152356`, `GB-FTS-152357`, `GB-FTS-152358`, `GB-FTS-152371`, `GB-FTS-152359`, `GB-FTS-152360`, `GB-FTS-152361`, `GB-COH-04010426`, `GB-FTS-172510`, `GB-FTS-152364`, `GB-FTS-152365`, `GB-FTS-108813`, `GB-FTS-108814`, `GB-FTS-152366`, `GB-FTS-152370`, `GB-COH-11153826`, `GB-FTS-93011`, `GB-FTS-152369`, `GB-FTS-108815`
  - Value: £13,800,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 034890-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £13,800,000
  - Signed Date: 15/04/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F034890-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-06-25T07:13:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:23:19.065Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040cc7