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# CN250157 - Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Delivering Inclusion within the Curriculum for Education (DICE) Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cn250157-speech-language-and-communication-needs-delivering-inclusion-within-the-curriculu-ocds-h6vhtk-04cecd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Kent County Council: "CN250157 - Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Delivering Inclusion within the Curriculum for Education (DICE) Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £13,020,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Kent County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/kent-county-council-ons-e10000016)
- **Published Value:** £13,020,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £13,020,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cecd`

## Before you bid
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- **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/cn250157-speech-language-and-communication-needs-delivering-inclusion-within-the-curriculu-ocds-h6vhtk-04cecd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D2eb5aecc-5ce5-ef11-8134-005056b64545)
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## Description
Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Delivering Inclusion within the Curriculum for Education (DICE) Service : Tender Notice
Kent County Council is seeking to commission a Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Delivering Inclusion within the Curriculum for Education (DICE) Service, that supports children and young people in mainstream schools and across community settings, such as Family Hubs, during both term time and school holiday periods.
The service will hold a key role in supporting those children and young people who are either in mainstream schools and those who for various reasons are not attending school regularly (e.g. such as those home educated, non/low-school attendance, living in Refuges, etc) and have Speech and Language needs. This will be referred to as place-based settings.
This service will initially sit alongside the wider Community Services provided by the NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) with an ambition for the services to be seamless provision to those accessing the Services.
The Balanced System® Framework is a framework for commissioning Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) for children and young people. The aim is to use the framework to understand, plan and evaluate services to support children and young people with SLCN within place-based settings across Kent. The Framework has been developed in line with both national policy and legislation, as well as professional guidance for Speech and Language Therapists, to deliver integrated services for children and young people.
Subject to acquiring approval, it is Kent County Council's intention to commission a Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Delivering Inclusion within the Curriculum for Education (DICE) Service, commencing 27 October 2025.
Service delivery will be in partnership and working with the wider stakeholders, including, but not limited to NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB), 12 District and Borough Councils, Medway Council.
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £13,020,000

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 052928-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS:ODS RYY)`
  - Value: £13,020,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 053658-2025-CN250157-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS:ODS RYY)`
  - Value: £13,020,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 052928-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £13,020,000
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2025

- **Contract:** 053658-2025-CN250157-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £13,020,000
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F053658-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-09-03T15:13:43.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:41:59.835Z
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