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# School Admission Appeals

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-admission-appeals-ocds-h6vhtk-06a012). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Milton Keynes City Council: "School Admission Appeals". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Milton Keynes City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/milton-keynes-city-council-GB-PPON-PLDZ-6131-PWZH)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 June 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration services, Education and training services, Legal advisory services, Legal representation services, Legal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ12
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £100,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-admission-appeals-ocds-h6vhtk-06a012#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06a012`

## Before you bid
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- **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/school-admission-appeals-ocds-h6vhtk-06a012#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fmilton-keynes%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-admission-appeals-ocds-h6vhtk-06a012#participate

## Description
Under the School Admissions Code 2021 and the School Admission Appeals Code 2022, all admission authorities must offer parents and carers the right to appeal when a school place application has been refused. Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC), as the admission authority for community and voluntary controlled schools within the city, has a statutory duty to ensure that the appeals process is administered in full compliance with these requirements.
MKCC must provide an impartial, efficient, and legally compliant appeals service, supporting parents and guardians through the process, coordinating appeal hearings, and ensuring that independent appeal panels are convened in accordance with statutory guidance. The service must also maintain accurate records and supply information required for statutory reporting and for responding to Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests.
Milton Keynes City Council (MKCC) is seeking to appoint a supplier to deliver a school admissions appeals hearing service in full compliance with the School Admission Appeals Code 2022.
This is notify of award of contract

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75100000, 79100000, 79111000, 79112000, 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 30/09/2026 to 31/03/2031

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Clerks Associates UK LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PTVG-9892-DPBR`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** School Appeal Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 12/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F047430-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-10T16:19:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-16T08:29:21.206Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06a012