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title: "Proposed new special free school in West Northamptonshire"
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# Proposed new special free school in West Northamptonshire

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proposed-new-special-free-school-in-west-northamptonshire-ocds-h6vhtk-034818). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Northamptonshire Council: "Proposed new special free school in West Northamptonshire". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,550,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 29 Jul 2022, 23:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.in-tend.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Northamptonshire Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-northamptonshire-council-ons-e06000062)
- **Published Value:** £1,550,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 July 2022 at 23:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Primary education services, Secondary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF24
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proposed-new-special-free-school-in-west-northamptonshire-ocds-h6vhtk-034818#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034818`

## 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/proposed-new-special-free-school-in-west-northamptonshire-ocds-h6vhtk-034818#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tend.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.in-tend.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/proposed-new-special-free-school-in-west-northamptonshire-ocds-h6vhtk-034818#participate

## Description
West Northamptonshire Council has identified the need to provide additional specialist school places for children and young people, preferably to the south-west of Northampton, within reasonable travelling distance of Towcester, Daventry and Brackley.The need is for places for pupils with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC), speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and severe learning difficulties (SLD). To address these needs, the council is conducting a procurement exercise to find an academy trust to open and run a new special free school providing up to 250 places from September 2024.  To comply with section 6A of the Education and Inspections Act, 2006 (the ‘free school presumption’) the council must, in the first instance, seek proposals to establish a free school from appropriately skilled, experienced and successful academy trusts.Under the free school ‘presumption’ route, West Northamptonshire council is responsible for funding the proposed new school and providing

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80100000, 80200000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Contract Period:** 29/09/2022 to 31/08/2099

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016755-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-20T08:55:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T19:06:44.691Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034818