Official UK procurement notice
Inclusion Services Framework - 369-NYC-CY
Authority: The North Yorkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionNorth Yorkshire Council (the “Authority”) invites tenders for appointment to a multi provider Inclusion Services Open Framework. The open framework will support the delivery of high quality, needs led provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), including those requiring Education Other Than at School (EOTAS) and post16 support. This open framework aims to establish an efficient and quality assured method of procuring provision aligned with statutory duties under: • The Children and Families Act 2014 • SEND Code of Practice: 0–25 years • Procurement Act 2023 / Public Contracts Regulations 2015 • Relevant safeguarding legislation This open framework supports the Authorities Local Area SEND Strategy and High Needs Block (HNB) Transformation Programme. The open framework is divided into seven lots, covering the diverse needs of children and young people across North Yorkshire. • Lot 1 – Primary In-person Education (KS1/KS2) • Lot 2 – Secondary In-person Education (KS3/KS4) • Lot 3 – Online Education • Lot 4 – Therapeutic Interventions • Lot 5 – Alternative and Enrichment Activities • Lot 6 – Post-16 Provision • Lot 7 – Targeted SEND Improvement and Workforce Development Services Preliminary market engagement has been carried out. Information is available at https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/041427-2025 Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-041427 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05626b The notice was unable to be linked due to the inclusion of Lots at tender stage following market engagement. Original Framework Tender Notice Identifier: 2026/S 000-032967 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-068056
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Higher education services · Primary education services · Secondary education services · Special education services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 7 yrs 7 mo from 1 Feb 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 31 Aug 2034
Published description of the framework
The services to be procured are defined as a Light Touch Contract within the Act. The Authority will utilise the flexibility provided by Section 45 Frameworks clause (9) to undertake a bespoke procurement process that considers elements of the Open Procedure, Framework and Open Framework. At any time during the term of the Framework the Authority shall, at its discretion, open the framework to new providers. The framework will continue on the same or substantially the same terms as this Framework Agreement and the competition will adopt the same or substantially the same conditions of participation and award criteria as those followed for the appointment of the Framework Providers. Each time a Framework is reopened for Bids, this will be known as an Entry Point. It is anticipated that there will be: - Three (3) Entry Points each year in the first 2 years (Entry Point 2 closing November 2026, and then the subsequent Entry Points opening termly), and - One (1) Entry Point in each of the following years for the duration of the Open Framework. However, the Authority reserves the right to increase or reduce Entry Points at its discretion. Existing Providers who were previously appointed onto one or more Lot(s) of the Open Framework will be required to complete and return a Framework Reopening Confirmation Form in response to the re-opening of the Framework. Subject to receipt of a completed Confirmation Form by the stated deadline, Existing Providers will be appointed onto the subsequent Framework(s) for the relevant Lot(s) and will not be required to submit a full tender response unless: - they choose to submit a new Bid in response to an Entry Point, or - they request in writing that the Authority does not appoint them onto one or more Lot(s) of the new Framework Following the re-opening of an Entry Point Bidders who are successful in a bid will be appointed onto the open framework by entering into a Framework Agreement, with The North Yorkshire Council (NYC). Placements and packages of work under any of the Lots will then be awarded via a mini competition process or a direct award. A full explanation of the processes can be found within the Framework Agreement. Note that NYC cannot give any guarantee of business or of the actual value of any Contracts awarded under the Framework. Bidders are required to complete a pricing schedule for the Lot(s) they are bidding for. The prices submitted will not be evaluated, however they will be used at call-off Contract stage where costs submitted cannot exceed those stated in the relevant Lot Pricing Schedule (taking into account any agreed fee increase as per the Fee and Inflationary Uplift Protocol).
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Lot 1 – Primary In-person Education (KS1/KS2)Published value£943,568
- Value
- £943,568 exc. VAT · £1,132,282 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #2Lot 2 – Secondary In-person Education (KS3/KS4)Published value£4,276,322
- Value
- £4,276,322 exc. VAT · £5,131,587 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #3Lot 3 – Online EducationPublished value£2,367,670
- Value
- £2,367,670 exc. VAT · £2,841,204 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #4Lot 4 – Therapeutic InterventionsPublished value£3,338,095
- Value
- £3,338,095 exc. VAT · £4,005,714 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #5Lot 5 – Alternative and Enrichment ActivitiesPublished value£2,136,381
- Value
- £2,136,381 exc. VAT · £2,563,657 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #6Lot 6 – Post-16 ProvisionPublished value£16,000,031
- Value
- £16,000,031 exc. VAT · £19,200,037 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- SEND Provision & Reintegration — 80%
- Building Independence and Social Confidence — 10%
- Social Value — 10%
Lot #7Lot 7 – Targeted SEND Improvement and Workforce Development ServicesPublished value£4,271,267
- Value
- £4,271,267 exc. VAT · £5,125,520 inc. VAT
Award criteria (2)
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Improving SEND Practice — 90%
- Social Value — 10%
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits — there is no single procedure weighting.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How The North Yorkshire Council buys Education and training services (CPV 80) — and who usually turns up
The North Yorkshire Council’s own published record, next to the Yorkshire and the Humber market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Education and training services (CPV 80) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
The North Yorkshire Council
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 3 in division 80 (2 route not published) · 37 in all categories (15 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 6 lots. All 6 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 6 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 36 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 4 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 648 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 22 notices.
Yorkshire and the Humber · Education and training services (CPV 80)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 75 in division 80 (59 competed, 12 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 97 lots. 31 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 16) and 66 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 97 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 7 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 40 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 80), last 36 months: 307 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
This notice gives one total for several lots, so we show the percentage but do not turn it into pounds.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Oct 2026, 10:03 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 10:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Authority reference
100114692- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077f4eFind a Tender
- Earlier procedure Inclusion Services Framework - 369-NYC-CY
- Risks
The total value of the framework is £40,000,000. While an estimated value has been assigned to each Lot, the Authority reserves the right to allocate the overall value as it deems appropriate based on the demand for services over the eight‑year duration. As this is a demand‑led service, the value of the framework may more…
increase over the duration. The Authority reserves the right to increase the overarching value accordingly. During the term of the open framework, modifications may be required to align to any changes as a result of SEND reform.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)- Expression of interest (EOI)
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- Appointment period ends
- 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedjust passed2 Oct 2026, 10:03 BST
- Clarification questions byin 20 days22 Oct 2026, 17:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 31 days · period end, not a bid countdown2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 109 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 122 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 10:03 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender