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Open Light Touch Framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon

Education and training services
Health and social work services
South West (UKK)
Official notice
Published value
£613,990,000
Submission deadline 19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published4
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Devon County Council: "Open Light Touch Framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon". Published status: active. Published value: £613,990,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDevon County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£613,990,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Devon County Council
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Published history for Devon County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
16.6Bids / Report
15.4% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
LACEY HICKIE & CALEY LIMITEDTop vendor: 48.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 93 active published awards; 13 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
LACEY HICKIE & CALEY LIMITED1 win£160,000
Ridge and Partners LLP1 win£125,000
E G Fencing Solutions1 win£24,622
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West Limited1 win£19,995
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDevon County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
Last source update17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationEducation and training services, Health and social work services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04ea53
What is being bought
Devon County Council will be setting up an open framework for Independent and Alternative Education Support for Children and Young People in Devon. The framework will comprise the following Lots: Lot 1a - Pre-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent schools, independent special schools or non-maintained special schools. Lot 1b - Post-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent post-16 settings and independent special post-16 settings schools and colleges. Lot 2a - Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support which form part of an educated other than at school (EOTAS) which has been named within a child or young person's statutory Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Lot 2b - Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support to enable children and young people to reintegrate to their school or move onto another education setting.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £613,990,000
    17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to 19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
    17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
  5. Published value updated to £340,000,000
    24 Jun 2025, 11:25 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    24 Jun 2025, 11:25 BST
  7. Status changed to planning
    7 Mar 2025, 07:20 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    7 Mar 2025, 07:20 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    7 Mar 2025, 07:20 GMT
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Pre-16 Education Placements
    active
    Published value£357,063,000
    Pre-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent schools, independent special schools or non-maintained special schools.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #1b
    Post-16 Education Placements
    active
    Published value£163,437,000
    Post-16 Education Placements for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) with independent post-16 settings and independent special post-16 settings schools and colleges.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #2a
    Alternative Education Provision (EOTAS)
    active
    Published value£59,179,170
    Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support which form part of an educated other than at school (EOTAS) which has been named within a child or young person's statutory Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #2b
    Alternative Education Provision (Reintegration)
    active
    Published value£34,310,830
    Bespoke packages of Alternative Education Provision support to enable children and young people to reintegrate to their school or move onto another education setting.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    17 Oct 2025, 12:02 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Devon County Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PJRC-4623-RJBH
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Documents (2)
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