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Centres for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) 2025

  • The Education and Training Foundation

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

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-030995

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-054559

Published 9 June 2025, 2:26pm

Last edited 9 June 2025, 2:59pm

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Please note, we have been unable to add attachments to this market engagement notice. To receive a copy of the draft invitation to tender document mentioned, please email tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Scope

Reference

25-26.SEND-65

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

Total value (estimated)

  • £86,780 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 6 August 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • Possible extension to 31 March 2027
  • 1 year, 7 months, 26 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

13 June 2025

Engagement process description

The Education and Training Foundation (ETF) are asking tenderers to provide written feedback to the attached invitation to tender.

The feedback should:

- identify points of clarification

- identify any risks that may not have been considered

- identify if the deliverables are achievable

Any feedback on this tender should be emailed to tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

18 June 2025

Procedure

Special regime

Light touch

Contracting authority

The Education and Training Foundation

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PTPV-9936-RPRN

157 - 197 Buckingham Palace Road

London

SW1W 9SP

United Kingdom

Contact name: Commissioning and Procurement

Email: tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Website: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government