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# Section 19

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/section-19-ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bolton Council: "Section 19". Published status: active. Published Value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bolton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bolton-council-ons-e08000001)
- **Published Value:** £4,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 September 2026 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/section-19-ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8`

## 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/section-19-ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3D08e59d68-169b-f111-813c-005056b64545%26p%3De0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/section-19-ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8#participate

## Description
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council "The Authority" is seeking provision for Section 19 Alternative Provision services.
Section 19 of the Education act 1996 is the statutory duty to provide suitable education for all children and young people of compulsory school age who cannot access mainstream school places. This includes, permanently excluded pupils, and pupils who, because of illness or other reasons, cannot attend mainstream.
Bolton Council determine the number of high needs places required each year and submits the figures to the DfE by December 5th for the following academic year. These are finalised and published in February before September term starts. This process should reflect planned and predicted changes for the following academic year, so that schools and colleges receive an appropriate level of core funding, that enables them to make the special provision that is to be commissioned, particularly any expansion of that provision.
The Authority intends to run an Open Tender Process for a 1-year contract for the Academic year 2027 to 2028 provision, as the Provider needs to be in place before November 2026 to be able to submit to the DfE on time.
The Authority then intends to run a further process for the 2028 provision for a longer contract of 3 Years with the option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month periods, which will be advertised in 2027.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £4,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2027 to 31/08/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078718-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-18T16:16:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T14:54:19.399Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06d7b8