Pre Market Engagement - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)

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  "date": "2026-05-20T12:35:20+01:00",
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    "id": "GB-PPON-PWYJ-3537-GLBW",
    "name": "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council"
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            "country": "GB",
            "countryName": "United Kingdom"
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            "scheme": "CPV",
            "description": "Education and training services"
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    "title": "Pre Market Engagement - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)",
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    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "2023/54",
      "uri": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents",
      "scheme": "UKPGA"
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    "description": "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is undertaking preliminary market engagement in relation to the future commissioning arrangements for its SEND Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS).\nThe Council is seeking to engage with organisations  experienced in delivering independent, impartial information, advice and support services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), and their parents/carers.\nThis notice is for market engagement purposes only and does not constitute a call for competition or the commencement of a procurement process.",
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
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    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PWYJ-3537-GLBW",
      "name": "Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
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      "address": {
        "region": "UKG36",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "Dudley",
        "postalCode": "DY1 1HF",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "Council House, Priory Road"
      },
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            "description": "Public authority - sub-central government"
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        "id": "PWYJ-3537-GLBW",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "corporate.procurement@dudley.gov.uk"
      }
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        "id": "046328-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046328-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2026-05-20T12:35:20+01:00"
      }
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    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-06-05T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "The pre-market engagement process will consist of the completion of a questionnaire which requires a response before Friday 5th June 2026.\nThe questionnaire can be found on Dudley e-tendering portal - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/blackcountryportal/aspx/Home\nFollowing the receipt of completed questionnaires, the Council may seek to follow up and to invite you to participate in virtual discussions.  Any such discussions will be confirmed by the Council at a later date. \nThe Council will treat any commercially sensitive information provided by organisations as confidential and will not disclose it outside of the Council other than where required by law. Information provided will not be shared in a manner that identifies individual organisations and will not be used to confer an advantage on any provider in any future procurement.\nParticipation or non-participation in the pre-market engagement process shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of this process shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.\nParticipation will be at each supplier's own cost. No expense in responding to this process will be reimbursed by the Council.\n***THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***"
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