Tender: South West & South Central Flexible Framework for Independent/Non‑Maintained Special Schools and Post‑16 Special Institutions – Placements for ECHP up to 25

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Participating Authorities, including Wiltshire Council, are seeking suppliers to join a flexible framework to procure placements in Independent/Non‑Maintained Special Schools (INMSS, Lot 1) and Special Post‑16 Institutions (SPI, Lot 2) for children, young people and young adults aged up to 25 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (ECHP). The authorities intend to establish a Pseudo Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to secure placements for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND); this Pseudo DPS will in many respects look and feel like a DPS under PCR 2015 Regulation 34 but will operate under the light‑touch regime (LTR - PCR 2015 Regulations 74-77), and the formal procedural rules including Regulation 34 requirements do not directly apply, as clarified by Wiltshire Council.