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title: "Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families"
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# Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/delivering-core-services-to-improve-support-offered-to-children-and-young-people-with-send-ocds-h6vhtk-02be50). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Delivering core services to improve support offered to children and young people with SEND and their families". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £19,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £19,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Career guidance services, Education and training services, Helpdesk and support services, Management training services, Personal development training services (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02be50`

## 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/delivering-core-services-to-improve-support-offered-to-children-and-young-people-with-send-ocds-h6vhtk-02be50#tl-md)

## Description
SEND programmes currently deliver core services to improve provision offered to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families by providing support to:  
schools, and Further Education settings via SEND-specific Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the workforce to improve the quality of education for children and young people with SEND, particularly in mainstream settings. 
parent, carers and young people through supporting their participation in the SEND system (e.g. grant funding to Parent Carer Forums) and ensuring they receive high quality information, advice and support (including through funding a national helpline); and 
local authorities through targeted improvement and intervention work particularly where Ofsted/CQC identify areas of weakness.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 72253000, 79633000, 79634000, 80510000, 80521000, 80532000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** Universal Support (1 contract) 
This contract aims to improve the quality of teaching to children and young people with SEND, particularly within mainstream settings (both schools and further education). It will ensure needs are identified and met ea...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014045-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-06-21T12:51:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T04:32:45.948Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02be50