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# Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS).

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-and-support-services-sendiass-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** London Borough of Croydon: "Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS).". Published status: complete. Published Value: £550,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [London Borough of Croydon](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/london-borough-of-croydon-ons-e09000008)
- **Published Value:** £550,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 April 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI62
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £550,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-and-support-services-sendiass-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a`

## 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/special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-and-support-services-sendiass-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fcroydontenders%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/special-educational-needs-and-disability-information-advice-and-support-services-sendiass-ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a#participate

## Description
The London Borough of Croydon is awarding a contract to an experienced Service Provider to provide Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS). 
Section 32 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to arrange for the provision of advice, information and guidance about matters relating to disability and special educational needs for the benefit of children, young people with a disability and their parents and carers in its area. Such information shall also be made available to head teachers, proprietors and principals of schools and post-16 institutions and any other persons and agencies as appropriate. This is a statutory service.
The Contract is for a period of a maximum of 5 years (the “Term”).
This procurement was carried out in line with the open procurement process detailed within the Procurement Act Regulations 2023 (PA23)
The required Services were procured via a competitive tendering process and will run electronically via the Croydon Tenders Portal.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £550,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/07/2025 to 30/06/2030

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITY INFORMATION, ADVICE AND SUPPORT SERVICE (SENDIASS) (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **KIDS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-1093006`
  - Value: £550,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 18/08/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009092-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-19T15:20:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:09:29.164Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ec6a