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title: "Specialist Provision Designation & Banding Review"
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# Specialist Provision Designation & Banding Review

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-provision-designation-banding-review-ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** South Tyneside Council: "Specialist Provision Designation & Banding Review". Published status: active. Published Value: £50,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [South Tyneside Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/south-tyneside-council-ons-e08000023)
- **Published Value:** £50,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 July 2026 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-provision-designation-banding-review-ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e`

## 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/specialist-provision-designation-banding-review-ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-provision-designation-banding-review-ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e#participate

## Description
South Tyneside Council are seeking a Provider to undertake a system-wide review of specialist provision across South Tyneside, including, Special Schools, SEN Units, Additional Resource Bases and associated banding frameworks.  
The review will include, but not be limited to: 
•	Analysis of current designations and their alignment to pupil need.
•	Review of banding descriptors, thresholds and funding models.
•	Evaluation of consistency in application of banding across settings.
•	Assessment of sufficiency against current and projected demand, including identification of gaps by need type, geography and phase.
•	Review of placement decision-making processes and pathways.
•	Benchmarking against regional and national best practice.
The provider will work collaboratively with South Tyneside Council services within Education, SEND & Inclusion and Finance, education leaders across mainstream and specialist settings, health and care partners and parents/carer representatives where appropriate.  
The Provider will produce a final report outlining findings, recommendations, and a clear implementation framework to support system-wide change.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 79400000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £50,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/05/2027

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F063117-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-06T09:46:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:40:05.258Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06c41e