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Virtual Headsets

Buyer: Cambridgeshire County Council →

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BuyerCambridgeshire County Council
StatusAwarded
Deadline8 Apr 2026
Value£70,200
Published14 May 2026

What is being bought

Cambridgeshire Virtual School is a statutory service responsible for promoting the educational outcomes of Children in Care and Children Previously in Care. The service also has a wider, non-statutory remit for children who have or have had a social worker and those in kinship care. The Virtual School works with partners including Fostering and Adoption, SEND and Early Years and School Readiness in the delivery of training. The Virtual School delivers training to schools and professionals across education, social care and partner agencies, with a strong focus on trauma-aware and attachment-informed practice. The Council has identified immersive learning through Virtual Reality as an effective method to enhance understanding, empathy and reflective practice by enabling users to experience scenarios from a child's perspective.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

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Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Virtual Headsets

Statusactive
Value£138,240

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06714f
Latest release ID044299-2026
Latest release timestampThu May 14 2026 10:32:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027294-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 May 2026award, contract044299-2026
25 Mar 2026tenderUpdate027294-2026
23 Mar 2026tender026230-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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