Planning

SEND Mediation Services

  • Warwickshire County Council

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-008685

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04eb67

Published 11 March 2025, 11:45am



Scope

Description

We are planning to end our current arrangements offering families a choice of three providers, and to replace this with a single contract with one provider. We would like feedback/views on this proposal and would like to know if providers foresee any particular barriers to being able to deliver the contract in full?

Warwickshire County Council will shortly publish an invitation to tender for the SEND Mediation Service. We currently contract with three providers, and we are looking to secure a new contract with a single provider. We believe this will provide a more consistent service for families, and also enable us to achieve better value, and a simpler operational relationship. We will be seeking bids from providers with experience of delivering SEND Mediation services and who are able to utilise staff with appropriate qualifications

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Engagement

Engagement deadline

20 March 2025

Engagement process description

We welcome interested providers to complete the Questionnaire on CSW-jets. CSW-Jets Reference: WCC - 21997

The Council would be grateful if you could provide answers to the questions in the market testing document and respond by Thursday 20th March. You should submit your completed responses by emailing to nickdarwen@warwickshire.gov.uk or uploading via CSW Jets.

Contact Details:

If you have any questions regarding this Market testing exercise, then please contact nickdarwen@warwickshire.gov.uk or upload via the correspondence function on CSW Jets


Procedure

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

Warwickshire County Council

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDTN-5446-NMXW

Shire Hall

Warwick

CV34 4SA

United Kingdom

Region: UKG13 - Warwickshire

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government