Official UK procurement notice
Primary Alternative Education Provision
Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAlternative Provision (for pupils who, because of exclusion, illness or other reasons, would not otherwise receive suitable education) is commissioned by the Council in order to fulfil a duty of the 1996 Education Act.
The contract is to provide education and support placements to a minimum of 14 (full time equivalent) pupils at any one time. The pupils are of primary school age. The delivery of the contract offers ‘in-reach’ placements for up to 7 pupils, some of whom will be on planned, preventative placements over a 16-week period including reintegration support and other placements to fulfil our statutory obligation for permanently excluded pupils. The remaining 7 full-time equivalent places will receive ‘outreach’ provision i.e. regular direct support and consultancy at the mainstream school.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jun 2023, 17:47 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2023, 17:47 BST
- Authority reference
DN676581- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018753- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03de13Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In early 2022 the existing provider had an inadequate and requires special measures Ofsted judgement. In April 2022 the Regional Schools Commissioner (now the Regional Director) issued a Termination Warning Notice. Until May 2023 it was not clear when termination would take place or what would happen thereafter with the provision. In May the funding arrangement was terminated by the Regional Director and arrangements are being made to transfer academies to alternative Academy Trusts.
It was not possible to proceed with recommissioning before May 2023 as it was not clear what would happen to the existing provision and it is not now possible to run a tendering process for contracts to start in Sept 2023. Furthermore the LA has submitted an AP Free School application which is progressing. This will dictate the nature of AP in the future. A direct award will ensure stability of provision in the meantime.
The Council has a statutory duty to ensure this provision is available and therefore a direct award to the Academy Trust identified by the Regional Director to take on this provision from the current provider is necessary in order to ensure stability of provision in the meantime.
The Council relies on Regulation 32 (2) (c) for this award, as they have been unable to commence recommissioning and conduct a competitive tender exercise due to unforeseeable events.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Learning Federation | £764,420 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018753-2023-1 · Cabot Learning Federation
- Signed
- 30 Jun 2023
- Value
- £764,420
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Bath & North East Somerset CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cabot Learning FederationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.