Buyer: Luton Council →
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Luton Council is looking to procure approved alternative education providers to meet the needs of learners who require educational provision to compliment, extend or replace their existing curriculum provision. Alternative provision may be in place for students who are at the point of permanent exclusion, have been excluded from school or unable to access educational provision in a school or further education provision on medical grounds, or due to mental health and anxiety conditions or complex learning disabilities. Providers must be able to provide either face-to-face provision or online tutorial. You must comply with the Quality Standards to be accepted onto the framework. The tender will be divided into Lots and sub-lots to meet various needs across the primary, secondary and 16+ age years to cover vocational, therapeutic, core GCSE subjects, one-to-one in person, online one-to-one and group learning and complex SEND, severe learning disabilities. This will be an open framework under the light touch regime. You must pass the quality questions to be accepted onto the open framework and meet the pricing requirements.
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Vocational education services within the constructions trades, motor mechanics, hairdressing, barbering, beauty therapy, catering and hospitality for secondary and 16+ ages.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
Equine and animal therapy Provision for pupils of compulsory school age requiring therapeutic interventions (including equine and animal therapies) whose full needs cannot be met in school due to detrimental and dangerous behaviours and/or where they have been permanently excluded. Provision to be 1:1 or in small groups focusing on meeting a child/young person’s social, emotional and mental health needs, barriers to education and re-engagement with learning underpinned by trauma-informed practice. Provisions are expected to support re-integration back into a suitable education setting.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
Core GCSE subjects On-site provision for pupils of compulsory school age to enable them to access subject specific tuition (to include core subjects to GCSE level). Education provided 1:1 or in small groups should be underpinned by trauma-informed practice and support re-integration back into the home school or an appropriate education setting.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
One to One in-person tuition (occasional group) One to one in person tuition for compulsory school aged pupils. Tuition must be available for core subjects and in a range of other national curriculum subjects to Key Stage 4 level. Tuition must be available outside of the home as well as in the pupil’s home as required.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
One to one and small group on-line tuition. One to one and small group on-line tuition is required for pupils of compulsory school age. Group tuition can include fixed groups and groups determined by the local authority.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
Provision is required for pupils of compulsory school age with complex SEND/severe learning disabilities. The majority of these pupils will have EHCPs or will be in the process of an EHC needs assessment and may be struggling to access full time education in mainstream or special school settings and may have been permanently excluded or who are at risk of exclusion. Provision will be expected to meet a range of cognitive, sensory and physical needs.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
For any services in connection with alternative education provision which is not covered under Lots 1-6 and can be used to procure compliantly. Providers do not need to bid for Lot 7 you will automatically become a member if you are accepted for any Lot 1- 6.
Award criteria
Quality — Quality standards must be complied with in full to be accepted onto framework.
| Item | Category | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 2 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 3 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 4 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 5 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 6 | Education and training services | Not published |
| 7 | Education and training services | Not published |
Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.
| Comparison set | Procedures | Reported bids per procedure | Named award suppliers | Price evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market: CPV division 80 | 5,478 | 1.5 median · 49.2 average (2,538 of 5,478 with a bid count) | 3 average (2,758 of 5,478 with named award suppliers) | 1 comparable price pairs |
| Same buyer | 1 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Delivery region: UKH21 | 10 | 2 median · 2 average (1 of 10 with a bid count) | 1 average (2 of 10 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
| Similar published value (0.5×–2×) | 124 | 15.5 median · 15.5 average (2 of 124 with a bid count) | 5.5 average (2 of 124 with named award suppliers) | Not published |
“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.
Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.
No planning milestones published.
No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.
Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.
| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-061011 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 024332-2026 |
| Latest release timestamp | Wed Mar 18 2026 08:28:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024332-2026 |
| Tender status | active |
| Procurement method | open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Main procurement category | services |
| Above threshold | Yes |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | 2026-04-20T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | 2026-04-14T12:00:00+01:00 |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | 2026-07-10T23:59:59+01:00 |
| Submission method details | Please follow the instructions contained within the tender documents on the Proactis (ProContract) e-tendering portal https://procontract.due-north.com. |
| Submission languages | en |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | £24,200,000 |
| Tender lots in source | 7 |
| Tender items in source | 7 |
| Tender documents in source | 2 |
| Awards in latest release | 0 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 1 |
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 2026 | tender | 024332-2026 |
| 27 Jan 2026 | planning | 007265-2026 |
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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