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# Independent Specialist Provision for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - CA&FS - CSC/2023/687*

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-specialist-provision-for-children-and-young-people-with-special-educational-ne-ocds-h6vhtk-06888f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Stoke-on-Trent City Council: "Independent Specialist Provision for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) - CA&FS - CSC/2023/687*". Published status: active. Published Value: £76,000,000. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 May 2026, 15:30 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Stoke-on-Trent City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stoke-on-trent-city-council-ons-e06000021)
- **Published Value:** £76,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 May 2026 at 15:30 BST
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06888f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-specialist-provision-for-children-and-young-people-with-special-educational-ne-ocds-h6vhtk-06888f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FProcurer%2FAdvert%2FAdvertSummary%3FprojectId%3Df8c6c4f4-7d01-ef11-812a-005056b64545%26projectStepId%3Db70e4c9f-992e-f111-813c-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/independent-specialist-provision-for-children-and-young-people-with-special-educational-ne-ocds-h6vhtk-06888f#participate

## Description
Since September 2024 Stoke on Trent City Council has commissioned Independent Specialist Provision (ISP) for children and young people including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) via a flexible framework.
The ISP Framework in due to re-open for new and existing providers to join in April 2026.
The ISP Framework:
• Supports the vision of keeping children and young people local (inclusive of those with additional needs)
• Ensures that the council meets its statutory responsibilities
• Provides support and allows local non-maintained education provision the opportunity to sit on the Framework
• Supports the Council to ensure sufficient placements for our children.
• Ensures the Council can build positive working relationships and offer support to Providers.
The Council is inviting applicants to tender to join the framework for the following:
• Lot 1 - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
• Lot 2 - Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH)
• Lot 3 - Cognition & Learning & Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
• Lot 4 - Sever Learning Disability (SLD) & Profound and Multiple Learning Disability (PMLD)
• Lot 5 - Hearing Impairment (HI) & Visionary Impairment (VI) Providers may apply for one or more lots depending on the scale and flexibility of their offer.
Providers need not be based in Stoke-on-Trent, but the specialist school shall be based in Stoke-on-Trent, or within a reasonable travelling distance.

## Lots (5)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) & Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Social, Emotional and Mental Health Difficulties (SEMH)
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

### Lot 3: Lot 3 - Cognition & Learning & Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Cognition & Learning & Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD)
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

### Lot 4: Lot 4 - Sever Learning Disability (SLD) & Profound and Multiple Learning Disability (PMLD)
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Sever Learning Disability (SLD) & Profound and Multiple Learning Disability (PMLD)
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

### Lot 5: Lot 5 - Hearing Impairment (HI) & Visionary Impairment (VI) Providers may apply for one or more lots depending on the scale and flexibility of their offer
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Description:** Hearing Impairment (HI) & Visionary Impairment (VI) Providers may apply for one or more lots depending on the scale and flexibility of their offer
- **Contract Period:**  to 31/03/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041852-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-07T11:15:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T11:52:58.323Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06888f