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Unregulated Alternative Provision / Education other than in school or college - Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) and Vocational Framework

Descriptions

Norfolk County Council are developing a new Framework for Unregulated Alternative Provision / Education other than in school or college - Social, Emotional, Mental Health (SEMH) and Vocational, that will enable a fair and transparent process to manage how we commission and work in partnership with providers. The Framework will secure consistent approaches to safeguarding and sufficient choice for children and young people (CYP).

Contract length has not yet been fixed by Norfolk County Council. Final contract length will be set in the Tender Notice after market engagement. The contract Value is an estimate, and will depend on usage.

Interested parties will need to register their interest for the market engagement on In-Tend and a separate invite will be sent. Applicants must first be registered on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc) Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfile). Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under 'tenders' section and 'express an interest'. Please then use the correspondence facility to let us know that you are interested in attending a market engagement session(s).

The procurement, once issued, will also be managed via In-Tend.

There will be be two Market Engagement sessions to support providers with the tendering process and it looks like.

Market engagement 1 (11th September 2025 1pm-2pm)

Discussion points

• Why do we need a framework?

• Key performance indicators

• Quality Assurance

• Procurement

Market engagement 2 (25th September 2025 1pm -2pm)

Discussion points:

• Why do we need a framework?

• Key performance indicators

• Quality Assurance

• Procurement

The criteria for the service would encompass the safeguarding of CYP and their outcomes.

Timeline

Published Date :

2nd Sep 2025 Yesterday

Deadline :

8th Dec 2025 in a 3 months

Contract Start :

28th Jan 2026

Contract End :

27th Jan 2029

Tender Regions

CPV Codes

Tender Lot Details

2 Tender Lots

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Workflows

Status :

Open

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Open opportunity

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

TenderBase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Region :

North Region

Attachments :

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors