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Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027

Guidance and counselling services
Youth education services
East of England (UKH)
Published value
£2,150,000
Submission deadline 28 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Lots published3
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Tenderline Synopsis: Bedford Borough Council: "Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027". Published status: active. Published value: £2,150,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 28 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBedford Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
233d 8h left
28 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£2,150,000
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Published history for Bedford Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
2.7Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 3 active published awards; 3 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBedford Borough 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
Published9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
Last source update9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
Recurring procurementNo
ClassificationGuidance and counselling services, Youth education services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0438da
What is being bought
An Approved Provider List (APL) on a Pseudo-DPS of suitably-qualified suppliers to deliver Alternative Education Provision to children and young people who are unable to access mainstream education provision due to their social, emotional and mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge. These services are intended to be short-term interventions aimed at enabling a child or young person to achieve good educational outcomes and reintegrate back into mainstream school in a supported way.The services to be provided comprise a mixture of education, tuition, individual support, coaching, mentoring and therapeutic services dependent on the needs of the children/young people being worked with. The local authority will determine the level of service to be provided to individual children/young people.Services will be in 3 Lots.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £2,150,000
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to 28 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
Lots and requirements (3)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Unregistered
    active
    Published value£716,000
    This Lot is reserved for 'unregulated' alternative provision [AP]. 'Unregulated' or 'unregistered' AP refers to settings not registered as schools or colleges (pre-16), though some may be registered for post-16 and offer education/training to school-age pupils.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Registered Schools
    active
    Published value£716,000
    This Lot is reserved for education providers offering a full time alternative to mainstream education, delivered in settings registered with either the Department for Education or regulated by Ofsted.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Virtual Online Providers
    active
    Published value£716,000
    This Lot is reserved for providers who will deliver a wholly or mainly virtual learning offer to Bedford Borough children and young people.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 Feb 2024, 13:46 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Apr 2027, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Bedford Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-47622
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Documents (2)
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