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Published 17 Jun 2025, 15:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

School Review and Improvement Support (2025 reopening)

Official notice

Authority: Leicestershire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£150,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 14 Jul 2025awarded 29 Aug 2025
Awarded to A Johnson Education Ltd +9 more10 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Leicestershire County Council (The Council) have carried out a procurement process to recruit new providers to join a standing list of providers to deliver School Review and Improvement Support.

The Council's Education Effectiveness Team (EET) have the responsibility to ensure schools maintain good standards of performance.

This Council has established a list of approved providers who can provide effective support to schools that are causing concern or at risk from an adverse inspection and to pro-actively support the development of schools in line with the Leicestershire Education Excellence Partnership Priorities.

This standing list was created under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The standing list has been in place since 01/09/2023 with annual extension and re-opening options available up to a maximum end date of 31/08/2027. This is the second annual re-opening.

CPV: Education and training services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£150,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1School SupportAwarded 1 yrPublished value£75,000

Provide rapid response support to schools that are causing concern, at risk from an adverse inspection or identified as likely to benefit from pro-active intervention. Providers will support these schools to make significant improvements and impact on outcomes for pupils within a specified timeframe.

Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: option to extend for up to 1 year 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Head Teacher Performance ManagementCancelled 1 yrPublished value£75,000

Headteacher performance management as per national guidance and standards for excellence January 2015

Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2026 (1 yr)
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: option to extend for up to 1 year - 01/09/2026 to 31/08/2027Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 100
  • Price: 0

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jun 2025, 15:41 BST
Last source update
19 Sept 2025, 13:05 BST
Award evaluation window
14 Jul 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN778646
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058120
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054e82 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Jul 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Jul 2025, 12:30 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    19 Sept 2025, 13:05 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Sept 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Sept 2025, 13:05 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    19 Sept 2025, 13:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 10
Awarded value Not summedeach provider’s award repeats the list or panel total
Bids received 1010 from SMEs
Contracts signed 10latest 29 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · School Support2 awards
Close the Gaps£75,000 †—Awarded
Kate Browning School Improvement for SENSME£75,000 †—Awarded
Not linked to a lot8 awards
A Johnson Education Ltd£75,000 †—Awarded
Thompson Team£75,000 †—Awarded
DMW Educational SolutionsSME£75,000 †—Awarded
Donna Moulds Education ConsultantSME£75,000 †—Awarded
Blueprint Education Ltd£75,000 †—Awarded
Institution for the Educational and Society Equality£75,000 †—Awarded
PG LowtherSME£75,000 †—Awarded
Socratic Learning Ltd£75,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · School Support10bids · 10 electronic10——
Whole notice10bids · 10 electronic10——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Leicestershire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Leicester Road, Glenfield, Leicester, East Midlands, LE3 8RAContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

10 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.