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Tender: Alternative Education Provision for Children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs — Short-Term AP Services (2024–2027) — 3 Lots

Released about 1 year ago

Closes22 Mar 2027

Likely valueEstimate£850K to £3.7MInflation adjusted

LocationBedford, East of England

AgencyBedford Borough Council

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CategoryEducation & Training

136 days leftCloses Mon, 22 Mar 2027

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Local authority is seeking suppliers for Alternative Education Provision (AP) to support children and young people who cannot access mainstream education due to social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and/or behaviours that challenge. This procurement will establish an Approved Provider List using a pseudo-DPS to deliver short-term interventions aimed at achieving good educational outcomes and enabling reintegration into mainstream school in a supported way. Services will be tailored to individual needs and may include education, tuition, individual support, coaching, mentoring and therapeutic services, with the local authority determining the level of support required. Services are organised into three lots.

Insight

This could be ideal for education and care providers experienced in combined academic and therapeutic support for children with SEMH needs. Key considerations include the need to deliver flexible, short-term, individually tailored programmes that support reintegration to mainstream schools and the requirement to bid for/operate within one of the three lots on the APL/pseudo-DPS.

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