Official UK procurement notice
EDR-24-017 Provision of Special Educational Needs Pre-school education
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision 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 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 publishedLot #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 02/21 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 a tender process to procure these services for a longer term
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, 14:59 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Sept 2024, 11:52 BST
- Authority reference
EDR-24-017- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029807- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048a81Find 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 TenderPublished amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.7) Total value of the procurement · II.1.7) | £163,200 | £171,200 | |
| — | 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) | £163200 | £171200 | |
| — | TextII.1.7) Total value of the procurement · II.1.7) | £171,200 | £214,000 | |
| — | 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) | £171,200 | £214,000 |
2 amendments published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting 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- Mencap NIAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.