Official UK procurement notice
CWC25011 - Independent Specialist Education Provision Framework
Authority: Wolverhampton City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe City of Wolverhampton Council is seeking to re-open it's flexible, light-touch framework for Independent Specialist Education Providers.
The framework is intended to initially commence on 1st May 2026. This pre-market engagement session is for the upcoming re-opening of the framework later in 2026.
The initial series of notices for the first opening of the framework is ocds-h6vhtk-0548bf.
Provision under this Independent Specialist Education Providers (ISEP) Framework is for children and young people with a range of special educational needs between the ages of 5-25 with an EHCP as set out in the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
The tender is separated into 4 Lots:
Lot 1: Primary phase - ages 5 - 11 national curriculum years 1 - 6
Lot 2: Secondary phase - ages 11- 16 national curriculum years 7 - 11
Lot 3: Post-16 phase - ages 16 - 19
Lot 4: Post-19 phase - age 19+
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs 4 mo · up to 6 yrs 4 mo from 1 Oct 2026
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
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).
- “CWC25011 - Independent Specialist Education Provision Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Wolverhampton City Council buys Health and social work services (CPV 85), and who usually turns up
Wolverhampton City Council’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Health and social work services (CPV 85) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in West Midlands.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside West Midlands.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 139 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid29% / 7%
2–314% / 11%
4–629% / 23%
7+29% / 59%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 91 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid7%
2–311%
4–623%
7+59%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| BOW STREET SCHOOL LIMITEDLive contract | Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Frameworkruns to Apr 2031 | Lot 2. Secondary Phase Independent Specialist Placements | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| THE ROWAN SCHOOL LTDLive contract | Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Frameworkruns to Apr 2031 | Lot 1. Primary Phase Independent Specialist Placements | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| COOMBSWOOD EDUCATION LIMITEDLive contract | Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Frameworkruns to Apr 2031 | Lot 2. Secondary Phase Independent Specialist Placements | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| OMG EIS LTDLive contract | Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Frameworkruns to Apr 2031 | Lot 2. Secondary Phase Independent Specialist Placements | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
| Progress SchoolsLive contract | Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Frameworkruns to Apr 2031 | Lot 2. Secondary Phase Independent Specialist Placements | — | Matched as the earlier contract |
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
What this replaces i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
70% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
70% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (70% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Independent Specialist Education Provision Light Touch Framework — held by THE ROWAN SCHOOL LTD and OMG EIS LTD; the published contract ends 30 Apr 2031.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 1 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
- Authority reference
CWC25011- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030218- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067a70Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
1 Apr 2026 → 1 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published204 days ago1 Apr 2026, 11:03 BST
- Market engagement190 days ago15 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
We are inviting potential providers to attend our online market engagement sessions at 12pm - 1pm on Monday 20th April and 3pm - 4pm Tuesday 21st April 2026.
To sign up for the market engagement event, please contact [email protected] and submit the following details:
Full Name
Job Title
Organisation Name
Email Address
Date of Event that you wish to attend
Please include the email subject line of 'CWC25011 2026 Pre-Market Engagement'.
The engagement will take the form of a presentation containing information about our requirements, commissioning intentions and planned procurement process; there will also be an opportunity to ask questions via the attendance form which will be answered once the presentation is completed.
- Tender notice expected145 days ago30 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts22 days ago1 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Apr 2026, 11:03 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender