Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Leicester City Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- School Development Support Agency SME
- Value
- £46,000
- Procedure
- Direct award
- Sector
- Health & social care · Health and social work services (CPV 85000000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date23 Dec 2024
- Published13 Jun 2025Published 172 days after the contract date
Description
This Waiver is for the continuity of service for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Services and Choice and Advice Service. The service provides relevant and accessible information that supports families, children, and young people, to access and understand the special educational needs and disability services that are available is a statutory duty for local authorities. From a wider perspective this duty is laid out in the Care Act (2014), Children and Families Act (2014), Autism National Strategy and statutory guidance (2015, 2018 and 2021) and the NHS transforming care agenda. It is a direct statutory duty, placed on local authorities and integrated commissioning boards, to provide information advice and guidance for all children, young people and families who need to access special educational needs and disability services. This duty is detailed in the minimum standards for SENDIASS services. These standards obligate health and social care systems must have a service in pl…
About the supplier
School Development Support Agency: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04038050).