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title: "TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service"
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# TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc104-special-education-need-sen-outreach-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bolton Council: "TC104 - Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £4,150,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jan 2022, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bolton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bolton-council-ons-e08000001)
- **Published Value:** £4,150,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2022 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Other community, social and personal services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD36
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,320,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc104-special-education-need-sen-outreach-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5`

## 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/tc104-special-education-need-sen-outreach-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tc104-special-education-need-sen-outreach-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5#participate

## Description
The Borough Council of Bolton (“the Authority”) is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the “Service”), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.
The Service must specialise in the main areas of special need as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice. The key areas of need for this Service include:
• Cognition and Learning Needs
This includes children who have difficulty with learning, thinking and understanding or who have developmental delay. They may have features of moderate, severe or profound learning difficulties or specific learning difficulties (for example dyslexia, dyscalculia and dyspraxia).
• Communication and Interaction Needs
This includes children with speech and language difficulties and disorders and autistic spectrum disorders.
• Physical Needs
This includes children with a range of physical disabilities which impede their learning in school and their ability to take part in the curriculum.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £4,150,000
- **Description:** The Borough Council of Bolton (“the Authority”) is prepared to receive tenders for Special Education Need (SEN) Outreach Service (the “Service”), which will be subject to the information, specification and tender package enclosed.
The Service must sp...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 085849-2025-TC104-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Woodbridge Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-170051`
  - Value: £3,320,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 085849-2025-TC104-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,320,000
  - Signed Date: 06/04/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F085849-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-23T13:41:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T21:37:20.057Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02fef5