SEN Discretionary Payments Open Framework

Hampshire County Council are establishing an 'Open Framework' for the provision of Special Education Needs training to provide additional education and supportive services to pupils in Hampshire who have an Education, Health and Care Plan. Examples of services could include tutoring pupils who are in education, providing tutoring or mentoring for pupils who are struggling to engage in education, supporting pupils who are educated other than at school (EOTAS) or working to provide specialist support to aid education placements. The requirements cover services falling within Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015) and, as such, is not subject to the full regime of the PCR 2015 but is instead governed by the 'Light Touch Regime' contained within Chapter 3, Section 7 of PCR 2015 (Regulations 74 to 77). The Open Framework will be divided into 6 Lots. Lot 1 - Tutoring (QTS qualified) Lot 2 - Tutoring (non QTS qualified) Lot 3 - Specialist teachers Lot 4 - Services supporting education Lot 5 - Other services supporting education Lot 6 - Registered physiotherapy Bidders can bid for any lots that they are able to deliver a service on. There are price caps associated on each lot. The detail on this is shown within the tender documents. The Open Framework will be let for an additional period of 4 years and 2 further extension periods of 4 years will be available, taking the maximum length of the Open Framework to 12 years. The anticipated value of the Open Framework is £51,000,000. All documents are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Home