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title: "Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 – Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2"
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# Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 – Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-education-framework-phase-1-independent-non-maintained-special-schools-lots-1-a-ocds-h6vhtk-041a55). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nottinghamshire County Council: "Specialist Education Framework Phase 1 – Independent Non-Maintained Special Schools Lots 1 and 2". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: Value not published. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Dec 2023, 16:30 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Nottinghamshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottinghamshire-county-council-ons-e10000024)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 December 2023 at 16:30 GMT
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF15, UKF16
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041a55`

## 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/specialist-education-framework-phase-1-independent-non-maintained-special-schools-lots-1-a-ocds-h6vhtk-041a55#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3Dddf16742-e17e-ee11-8125-005056b64545%26p%3D527b4bbd-5c58-e511-80ef-000c29c9ba21)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-education-framework-phase-1-independent-non-maintained-special-schools-lots-1-a-ocds-h6vhtk-041a55#participate

## Description
This is a new competitive procurement using a open procedure conducted in accordance
with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement 2015 Regulations.
Nottinghamshire County Council (‘the Council’) are running an open tender process to
establish a new framework under which the Council are looking to commission Independent
non-maintained special schools (INMSS) and Post-16 (where the provision is delivered in
house by the school) for the provision of specialist school placements for pupils who are not
attending mainstream or maintained schools and who have an Education Health Care (EHC)
Plan.
The establishment of a framework agreement for INMSS is the first phase of the
recommissioning of the Specialist Education provision for the Council as set out in the Vision
document. Ultimately the framework will be extended to include Alternative Education
Provision and Post-16 institutions (e.g., further education colleges that are not part of the
INMSS), that will be the second/third phases of the recommissioning project and new
procurement processes will be run at later dates which are yet to be decided.
The new framework will replace the current Independent / non-maintained special schools
Approved Provider List for Nottinghamshire (NAPL).

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Independent Non-Maintained Special School Block Arrangement
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £115,500,000
- **Description:** Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) 'the Council' ran an open tender process in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement regulations 2015 to establish a new framework for Specialist Education.
Under this lot the Council is lo...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Approved INMSS Provider List
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Estimated Value:** £134,500,000
- **Description:** Nottinghamshire County Council (NCC) 'the Council' is running an open tender process in accordance with the light touch regime of the Public Procurement regulations 2015 to establish a new framework for Specialist Education.
This lot will see the est...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (7)
- **Award:** Independent Non-Maintained Special School Block Arrangement (unsuccessful)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Acorn Education and Care Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63690`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Dove Adolescent Services Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134725`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-4`
  - Supplier(s): **The Place Young People's Company Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134726`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Options Autism Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134727`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Pollyteach Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134728`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Award id: `000901-2025-DN694393-7`
  - Supplier(s): **R.E.A.L. Education Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134729`
  - Value: £134,500,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (6)
- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

- **Contract:** Approved INMSS Provider List (active)
  - Signed Value: £134,500,000
  - Signed Date: 23/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000901-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-10T15:57:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T22:10:31.497Z
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