Official UK procurement notice
External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionPurchasing Framework for External Tuition for Special Education Needs (SEN), KCC and Medway Council and Virtual Schools Kent (VSK) External Tuition and Mentoring Services.
Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council have a statutory responsibility under The Education Act 1996 to provide education for all children and young people (CYP) until the age of 19, or 25 for those with Education Health Plan (EHCP). Associated legislation includes The Children and Families Act 2014, the SEN Code of Practice (2015), the Equality Act 2010 and The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Regulations 2014.
Within this statutory framework, KCC is seeking to establish a purchasing framework for those children and young people (CYP) that do not meet the criteria/or capacity has been reached with our inhouse service (The Education Programme) for short-term tuition for students with EHCP.
This work is taking place as a result of the Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) joint review of SEND provision for Kent CYP and the resulting of an Accelerated Programme Plan (AAP).
Medway Council has also highlighted the need for the council to implement a purchasing framework. This will enable the council greater oversight over the quality of education, inclusive practice, outcomes, and accomplishments for all CYP in Medway.
Together, Medway and Kent working in partnership will ensure there is a robust governance and assurance process in place which provides a joint review to guarantee that Medway and Kent CYP receive quality tutoring and value for money from commissioned providers.
Virtual School Head Teachers (VSHs) are responsible for promoting the educational achievement of all the children looked after by the local authority they work for.
Kent Children in Care (CiC) aged from 3 to 18 years of age are supported by Virtual School Kent (VSK). Pupil Premium Plus funding (PP+) or Early Years Pupil Premium funding (EYPP) can be used to pay for activities that will: -
- Improve the learning targets in children's Personal Education Plans (PEPs).
- Encourage CiC to be more involved and interested in their education.
CPV: Education and training services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 30 bids received · 77 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Kent County Council Special Educational Needs (SEN)Awarded
Lot #2Medway CouncilAwarded
Lot #3Virtual School Kent (VSK)Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Name: Service Delivery standards: 50%
- Name: Engagement and Consultation with Children and Young People: 50%
Published award criteria (3)
- Name: Service Delivery standards: 50
- Name: Engagement and Consultation with Children and Young People: 50
- Price: 0
- “External Tuition - Kent County Council (KCC) and Medway Council” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Mar 2023, 15:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 30 Sept 2026, 12:29 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-092329- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03adb7Find a Tender
Publisher note: For the purposes of completing the Find a Tender Service notice, the procedure type has been recorded as "Restricted Procedure" as no specific option is available for a Dynamic Purchasing System operating under the Light Touch Regime. The External Tuition Dynamic Purchasing System was established and operated in accordance with the Light Touch Regime.
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 2 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Jun 2023 → 30 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown2 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 days ago30 Sept 2026, 12:29 BST
Notice history
4 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Nov 2023- Status changed to complete8 Nov 2023, 14:48 GMT
- Buyer details updated8 Nov 2023, 14:48 GMT
- Buyer details updated29 May 2024, 17:03 BST
- Buyer details updated30 Sept 2026, 12:29 BST
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2024-05: 1 release · 29 May 2024
- 2023-11: 1 release · 8 Nov 2023
- 2023-03: 1 release · 2 Mar 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast11 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £6,000,000, the dynamic market's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Kent County Council Special Educational Needs (SEN)
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2026
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Medway Council
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2026
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Virtual School Kent (VSK)
- Signed
- 18 Sept 2026
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contract 047564-2025-SC220315-1
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 047564-2025-SC220315-2
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 047564-2025-SC220315-3
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 027490-2024-SC220315-1
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 027490-2024-SC220315-2
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 027490-2024-SC220315-3
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 016821-2024-SC220315-1
- Signed
- 1 May 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
SC220315 - External Tuition Kent and Medway
- Signed
- 3 Aug 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Kent County Council Special Educational Needs (SEN) | 49bids · 5 electronic | — | — | £1 – £1,000,000 |
| 2 · Medway Council | 49bids · 5 electronic | — | — | £1 – £1,000,000 |
| 3 · Virtual School Kent (VSK) | 49bids · 5 electronic | — | — | £1 – £1,000,000 |
| Whole notice | 30bids · 30 electronic | 30 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeSuppliers admitted to the dynamic market
79 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 79 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- 33 Recruitment Ltd trading as Educ8SENAdmitted to the market
- A-Day Consultants Ltd trading as ACADEMICSAdmitted to the market
- ALL ABOUT SEN KENT LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- Academy21 LtdAdmitted to the market
- Ackerman PierceAdmitted to the market
- Ackerman PierceAdmitted to the market
- Active Outreach ServicesAdmitted to the market
- Affinity Workforce SolutionsAdmitted to the market
- Apex Education Services limitedAdmitted to the market
- BRIGHTTEACH LTDAdmitted to the market
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- Beeline Behaviour ChangeAdmitted to the market
- Bright Heart Education LtdAdmitted to the market
- CROYDON COLLEGE OF EXCELLENCE LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- Conexus Tuition MedwayAdmitted to the market
- Coyle Personnel Ltd trading as Coyle EducationAdmitted to the market
- Dare to Differ LtdAdmitted to the market
- EM Skills EnterpriseAdmitted to the market
- Education Family Wellbeing ServicesAdmitted to the market
- Egan Education Services LtdAdmitted to the market
- Equal Education LtdAdmitted to the market
- Eton AcademyAdmitted to the market
- First Star ScholarsAdmitted to the market
- Fleet Education ServicesAdmitted to the market
- Fresh Start in EducationAdmitted to the market
- Friends Of Frampton Farm CICAdmitted to the market
- HEART TEACHING LTDAdmitted to the market
- High Impact Academic Coaching ltdAdmitted to the market
- Horizon Care and Education LtdAdmitted to the market
- Ivy Mind LtdAdmitted to the market
- KOJIKOJO LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- Kaden Recruitment trading as SparkED RecruitmentAdmitted to the market
- Karis EducationAdmitted to the market
- Kent Refugee Action NetworkAdmitted to the market
- Learn Solutions Ltd t/as TLC LiveAdmitted to the market
- MHR TuitionAdmitted to the market
- Medic Mind T/A Study MindAdmitted to the market
- NEGU TUITION SERVICES LTDAdmitted to the market
- National Teaching and Advisory ServiceAdmitted to the market
- Nicole King trading as Perfect Plus TutoringAdmitted to the market
- Nicole King trading as Perfect Plus TutoringAdmitted to the market
- Nisai Virtual Academy LtdAdmitted to the market
- North Kent Mind LtdAdmitted to the market
- Omega Tutoring Services LtdAdmitted to the market
- Outreach Tuition LtdAdmitted to the market
- PAUL WHITE TUITION LIMITEDAdmitted to the market
- PLYTIME LearningAdmitted to the market
- Parity EducationAdmitted to the market
- Powertutors LtdAdmitted to the market
- Primary to GCSE TutoringAdmitted to the market
- Project Salus LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.