Centres for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 2025
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
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Lots
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Published
09 Jun 2025
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Description
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) is looking for tenderers who have excellent knowledge and/or practise in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The organisations will become Centres for Excellence in SEND who will develop and deliver CPD for leaders, managers and practitioners who wish to put learners with SEND at the centre of their organisation, resulting in learners achieving the outcomes they aspire to. Each Centre for Excellence will have national reach across England. Please note, this is a market engagement activity and not a call for competition. We are asking tenderers for feedback on this tender document to identify points of clarification, risk and to ensure the KPIs are achieveable. Feedback should be emailed to tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk
Scope
- Reference
- 25-26.SEND-65
- Total value
- £86,780 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 05 Aug 2025 to 31 Mar 2026Possible extension to 31 Mar 2027
The value of the contract for each Centre is circa 86,780 GBP inclusive of VAT. Duration of the contract is 13 August 2025 - 31 March 2026 with a possible extension of one year subject to funding.
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 80000000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Impact and Outcomes | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Approach and Methodology | — | quality | 25.00% |
| Capability, Capacity and Skills | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Communications, Recruitment and Dissemination | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Equality and Diversity | — | quality | 15.00% |
| Added Value | — | quality | 10.00% |
| Price and Total Contract Value | — | cost | 15.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) seeks wherever possible to take a sector led approach to recruit FE providers who have been graded ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ from Ofsted and/or Care Quality Commission (CQC) for SEND provision. There are two themes available for tenderers to bid for. Tenderers can choose to bid for one or both themes. However, if they are bidding for both themes, they will only be awarded a contract for one theme.