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Published 13 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EDR-24-014 Provision of Special Educational Needs Pre-school education

Official notice

Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)

Awarded value£81,600published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Aug 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Solas

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of pre-school education for identified pupils with Special Educational Needs for the period 01 September 2024 to 30 June 2025. This service falls under the scope of PCR 2015 Schedule 3 Social and other Specific Services (PPN 01/21 Procurement of Social and Other Specific Services applies)

CPV: Education and training services · Pre-school education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The provision of pre-school education for identified pupils with Special Educational…

The provision of pre-school education for identified pupils with Special Educational Needs for the period 01 September 2024 to 30 June 2025. This service falls under the scope of PCR 2015 Schedule 3 Social and other Specific Services (PPN 01/21 Procurement of Social and Other Specific Services applies) Additional information: These requirements are for a period of ten months and fall below the light touch threshold for Schedule 3 Services Social and other specific services, therefore in accordance with Regulation 77 and in line with PPN 02/21 Procurement of Social and other Specific Services, the Education Authority intend to directly award this contract without competition to an organisation whose purpose is in the pursuit of a public service mission. It is the intention of the Education Authority to simultaneously launch a pre-market engagement exercise to initiate an open tender process to procure these services for a longer term.

Delivery: Northern Ireland

80110000 Pre-school education services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 13 Aug 2024, 15:00 BST
Last source update: 6 Sept 2024, 12:09 BST
Authority reference: EDR-24-014
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-028588
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesPre-school education services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048a84 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: These requirements fall below the light touch threshold for Schedule 3 Services Social and other specific services, therefore in accordance with Regulation 77 and in line with PPN 02/21 Procurement of Social and other Specific Services, the Education Authority intend to directly award this contract without competition to an organisation whose purpose is in the pursuit of a public service mission.

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After
—	TextII.1.7) Total value of the procurement · II.1.7)	£81,600	£85,600
—	TextV.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT). Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession. Total value of the contract/lot/concession. · V.2.4)	81600	85600
—	TextII.1.7) Total value of the procurement · II.1.7)	£85600	£88600
—	TextV.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT). Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession. Total value of the contract/lot/concession. · V.2.4)	£85600	£88600

2 amendments published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £81,6001 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Aug 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Solas	£81,600 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 025665-2024-1 · Solas
Signed
8 Aug 2024
Value
£81,600
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

the Education Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

SolasAwarded supplierNIC100114 284A Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 2GBContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.