Official UK procurement notice
Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy Service
Authority: London Borough of Hackney (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivering interventions to children with speech, language, communication, or swallowing and eating needs to help them reach their full communication potential. This includes delivering direct interventions in line with a Child’s Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP), as well as offering indirect support through professional training and parent/carer guidance. This provision will work across Young Hackney, Youth Justice Virtual School, Schools, and Early Years provision.
This contract will include for the provision of Speech and Language Therapists as part of the Hackney Experts at Hand team, in line with requirements related to the Department for Education's Experts at Hand initiative. This initiative is seeking to improve the capability of mainstream education settings to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND more effectively, by providing a new route to access expert advice and support from health professionals.
The contract start date is expected to be 1st April 2027 with an initial term of 3 years, and two extension options each of a year; for a total possible contract length of 5 years.
CPV: Community health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract NoticePublished value£12,269,984
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
This tender is a one stage procurement with the following discrete steps:
- A Procurement Specific Questionnaire (including checking Exclusion Grounds).
- Suppliers will need to pass the Procurement Specific Questionnaire, detailed above, in order to have their tender evaluated.
- Evaluation of all tenders which pass the Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
The award criteria have been weighted 70% Quality and 30% Price.
Full details of the award criteria and bidding process are listed in the Invitation to tender. This opportunity will close to applications on 6th September 2026 at 17:00.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Jul 2026, 14:53 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Jul 2026, 14:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Sept 2026 – …
- Authority reference
DN819321- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-072792- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d908Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
Timeline
31 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Notice published89 days ago31 Jul 2026, 14:53 BST
- Submission deadline52 days ago6 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened52 days ago6 Sept 2026, 17:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 154 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria