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Published 10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
Official UK Procurement Procedure

DISAGREEMENT RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION SERVICE

Blackpool Borough Council
Local Council
services
Below threshold
Below threshold - open competition
Health and social work services
Special education services
North West (UKD42)
Published value
£120,000
≈ £59,836 / year
Submission deadline
3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
53d 9h left
Clarification Cut-Off
27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
2 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
Published portal

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Blackpool Borough Council: "DISAGREEMENT RESOLUTION AND MEDIATION SERVICE". Published status: planned. Published value: £120,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

Official Requirement Description:

Blackpool Borough Council is seeking a provider to deliver the statutory Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service. The service must offer impartial, independent mediation and disagreement resolution to support the effective resolution of disputes between families, the local authority, and education providers, in line with the requirements set out in Chapter 11 of the SEND Code of Practice.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Renewal
    Published value£120,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    1 Feb 2027 — 1 Feb 2029 (2 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    Subject to funding and contract performance

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Award criteria weighting not published in structured data — consult the tender pack documents.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)EDPSYCHED LTDHolds 100% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£119,672 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 2 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Blackpool Borough Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Blackpool Borough Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    Not availableNo published reports
    Single-bidder rate: Not published
    Supplier Concentration
    High ConcentrationIndicative
    EDPSYCHED LTDTop vendor: 100% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £30,000Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 1 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £30,000Indicative (n=1)
    Single attributable award retained · 20% of the sector median for CPV 80
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (1 active published awards)
    Coverage: 1 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot); 1 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 80):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    EDPSYCHED LTD1 win£30,000No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 80 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 10 Sept 2026, 16:26 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 246 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    2reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 3,472 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~40 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 282 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 80)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
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    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution ServiceRotherham Borough Council · 24 Jun 2026, 16:33 BST
    		£300,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Send Disagreement Resolution and Mediation ServicesLondon Borough of Hillingdon · 6 Jul 2026, 12:30 BST
    		£556,800
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Provision of Disagreement Mediation and Resolution ServicesBarnsley Metropolitan Borough Council · 14 Nov 2024, 11:22 GMT
    		£480,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND) MEDIATION AND DISAGREEMENT RESOLUTION SERVICESouth Tyneside Borough Council · 10 Jun 2026, 10:58 BST
    		£150,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Mediation and Disagreement Resolution ServiceSuffolk County Council · 4 Mar 2024, 17:27 GMT
    		£250,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodBelow threshold - open competitionLegal basis
    UKPGA · 2023/54
    Procurement Act 2023
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusplannedProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BSTLast source update10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
    Estimated future notice30 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTClassification (CPV)Health and social work services, Special education services
    Delivery area
    North West (UKD42)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f6f9

    How to participate & submission route

    Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
    Official Buyer Portal
    Online submission allowed
    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    		Clarification deadline
    27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesEnglish (en)
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Timeline
    1. Pipeline notice
      10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
    2. Procedure published
      10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST
    3. Clarification deadline
      27 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    4. Submission deadline
      3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      10 Sept 2026, 14:40 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    Blackpool Borough Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PHHB-5249-RZVD
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    Official Documents & Specifications (1)

    Official links; attachments are not copied