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title: "Market Engagement Event for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service"
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# Market Engagement Event for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-event-for-special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-an-ocds-h6vhtk-06b639). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** East Sussex County Council: "Market Engagement Event for Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [East Sussex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/east-sussex-county-council-ons-e10000011)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Special education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-event-for-special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-an-ocds-h6vhtk-06b639#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06b639`

## 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/market-engagement-event-for-special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-an-ocds-h6vhtk-06b639#tl-md)

## Description
The current Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service contract expires at the end of August 2027. We are looking to engage early with the market to inform the scope of the future service.
We would like to invite interested experienced providers to attend our market engagement event on 16 July 2026, to share their valuable insight.
The event will: 
•	outline the role of a Strategic Partner in delivering the service, and opportunities for innovation and co-production within a changing SEND landscape
•	provide information on the financial envelope for delivery of this service
•	Give opportunities to ask questions
This event is targeted at experienced Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service Providers.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 80340000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2027 to 31/08/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F056772-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-16T14:52:51.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:49:13.913Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06b639