(Therapy) Provision of Alternative Education to Respect Collaboration Trust

contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-06adf7Procurement Act 2023Light-touch servicesSME suitableVCSE suitableactive

Estimated value

£1.0m

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

04 Jun 2026

Deadline 08 Jul 2026

Description

Respect Collaboration Trust (RCT) has a statutory duty to make arrangements for the provision of appropriate education otherwise than at school, for children of compulsory school age who, by reason of suspension or exclusion from school or otherwise, will not receive a suitable education without these arrangements. The Trust are looking to run tender processes to procure suitably experienced and qualified providers to deliver their programme of Alternative Provision. Individual Tenders will be run for each type of AP Provision needed. The estimated contract value would be for all AP Provision for one academic year. As a Contract under the Light Touch Regime the contracts could be extended each year if the provision continues to be needed.

Scope

Reference
RCT01.06
Total value
£1,000,000 excluding VAT
£1,200,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Sept 2026 to 31 Jul 2027
Possible extension to 31 Aug 2031

Rolling year on year for 5 years (1+1+1+1+1)

Main category
services
CPV classifications
80000000
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Price30% of overall scoreprice

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

a. Public Liability – Minimum £5 million b. Employers Liability – Minimum £5 million (where applicable) c. Motor – to cover any vehicles/drivers used to transport pupils (where applicable) d. Cyber Liability - £250K - £1 million (depending on size of company) e. Abuse/Sexual Misconduct Liability – Standalone or often included in Public Liability *There is a legal requirement for certain employers to hold Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of £5 million as a minimum. See the Health and Safety Executive website for more information: www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse39.pdf.

lease provide details of up to two contracts to meet conditions of participation relating to technical ability set out in the relevant notice or procurement documents, in any combination from either the public or private sectors (which may include samples of grant-funded work). Where this procurement is for goods or services, the examples must be from the past three years. The named contact provided should be able to provide written evidence to confirm the accuracy of the information provided. For consortium bids, or where you have indicated that you are relying on an associated person to meet the technical ability, you should provide relevant examples of where the associated person has delivered similar requirements. If this is not possible (e.g. the consortium is newly formed or a special purpose vehicle is to be created for this contract) then three separate examples should be provided between the principal member(s) of the proposed consortium or members of the special purpose vehicle or sub-contractors (three examples are not required from each member). If you are a new start-up company and cannot provide at least one example of previous contracts that are relevant to the requirement, in no more than 500 words please provide an explanation for this and how you meet the conditions of participation relating to technical ability. NB a ‘new start up company’ is defined only as a company that has been trading less than 12 months at the point of tender submission, and/or is unable to provide the minimum number of contract references requested due to limited trading history The submission of alternative evidence does not guarantee acceptance. The Authority reserves the right to assess the overall risk associated with appointing a start‑up organisation and may reject a Tender where it considers that insufficient assurance has been provided

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
30 Jun 2026, 11:00 pm
Submission deadline
08 Jul 2026, 11:00 am
Submission address
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=105995&TID100111112&B=
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure