Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Nottinghamshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Autism East Midlands, Esland North Limited, Witherslack Group SME, Woodside Group SME
- Value
- £250,000,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Education & training · Education and training services (CPV 80000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 055396-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Jun 2025
- Published10 Sep 2025Published 72 days after the contract date
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. This lot will see the addition of further approved INMSS to the INMSS provider list for placements. This provider list became effective from the 1st of January 2025 from which placements can be commissioned. Bidders that are successful in demonstrating that they are able to meet the Council’ standards, as set out in the service specification, will be added to the Approved INMSS Provider List and will be subsequently invited to offer places that match the needs of the children and young people. The term of the framework agreement will be for a period of 5 years and will commence from 01 January 2025 to the 31 December 2029. There is potential to extend this Framework Agreement for up to a further 6 years in increments of 24 months. The tender was published on https://www.…
About the suppliers
Autism East Midlands: every public contract they have won.
Esland North Limited: every public contract they have won.
Witherslack Group: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03579104).
Woodside Group: every public contract they have won.