Official UK procurement notice
EDR-24-015 Provision of Special Educational Needs Pre-school education
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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 Schedule 3 Social and other specific services (PPN 02/21 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 publishedProcedure 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
- 22 Aug 2024, 16:05 BST
- Authority reference
EDR-24-015- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026904- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048a83Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
These requirements are for a period of ten months and fall below the light touch threshold, therefore in accordance 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
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.7) Total Value of the Procurement. Lowest offer: / Highest offer: taken into consideration · II.1.7) | £81,600 to £102,000 | £85,600 to £107,000 | |
| — | TextV.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT). Lowest offer: / Highest offer: taken into consideration · V.2.4) | £81600 to £102000 | £85600 to £107000 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEN Space | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 025664-2024-1 · SEN Space
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The provision of pre-school education for identified pupils with Special Educational… | — | — | — | £81,600 – £102,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £81,600 – £102,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation proceduresReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SEN SpaceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.