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title: "SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service (MDRS)"
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# SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service (MDRS)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/send-mediation-and-disagreement-resolution-service-mdrs-ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cheshire East Council: "SEND Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service (MDRS)". Published status: active. Published Value: £440,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 25 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [Cheshire East Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cheshire-east-council-ons-e06000049)
- **Published Value:** £440,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 November 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Special education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD62
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/send-mediation-and-disagreement-resolution-service-mdrs-ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8`

## 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/send-mediation-and-disagreement-resolution-service-mdrs-ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/send-mediation-and-disagreement-resolution-service-mdrs-ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8#participate

## Description
The MDRS contract is specifically linked to decisions about education, health, and care needs assessments and education, health, and care plans (EHCP), while disagreement resolution services can be used to try to resolve other issues in relation to your child's special educational needs (SEN). The Children and Families Act 2014 and the related Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0-25 years (SEND code of practice) (DfE, 2015) place an emphasis on the avoidance of disagreements through a person-centred approach to decision-making and open communication between professionals and parents and young people. It is an alternative to a Tribunal hearing and is much quicker and less formal. Mediation enables people to communicate better with each other, and it can help re-build relationships that have broken down. Parents and young people need to consider mediation before they can register an appeal with the first-tier tribunal (special educational needs and disability). Parents and young people will also be able to go to mediation about the health and social care elements of an education, health, and care (EHC) plan.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80340000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £440,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2027 to 31/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F100831-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-26T09:33:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T14:35:18.135Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-078fc8