Specialist Education - Alternative Provision
The Council is seeking to establish an Open Framework of suitable Providers under which the Council intend to commission Specialist Education - Alternative Provision. These services will cover the requirements for Alternative Provision placements of children & young people (Learners) made directly on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council with additional scope to include Local Council maintained Schools, or Free Schools and Academies (Contracting Council) within Nottinghamshire and surrounding areas if they wish...
Buyer
Nottinghamshire County Council
Value
£200,000,000
Published
22 May 2026
Closes
3 Jul 2026
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
United Kingdom
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
80000000
Education and training services
80100000
Primary education services
80200000
Secondary education services
80300000
Higher education services
80500000
Training services
Lots
Lot 1 Transitional Short Term time limited Placements - Block arrangement
£3,159,000
The Council is seeking to commission transitional short-term time limited alternative provision placements designed to re-engage learners and support a successful return to mainstream education via a block booking arrangement for the following groups of young people: • Students requiring short term intervention prior to reintegration into mainstream educatio...
Delivery: UKF15 · United Kingdom, UKF16 · United Kingdom
Lot 2 Department for Education Accredited Online Provision (the Online Education Accreditation Scheme)
£1,579,500
The Council is seeking to specifically commission Providers of online Alternative Provision who are successfully enrolled on the Online Education Accreditation Scheme (OEAS). Placements under this Lot would be short term, remote learning programmes delivered in small groups or 1:1. The provision will be designed to support students to thrive outside of the t...
Delivery: UKF15 · United Kingdom, UKF16 · United Kingdom
Lot 3 Specialist Individual Tailored Provision
£11,500,000
The Council is seeking a range of Alternative Provision Providers for which they can call off contracts for placements for individual children and young people as and when required. Education placements will be commissioned on an individual basis as per the referral process detailed in Section 4. Placements will be bespoke, longer-term programmes combining a...
Delivery: UKF15 · United Kingdom, UKF16 · United Kingdom
Lot 4 Tutoring
£9,500,000
The Council is seeking to commission arrangements with high quality external tuition services to provide tailored education plans and to ensure positive outcomes including progression and achievement, enable participation, increase wellbeing and increase independence. The Lot will be made up of tuition companies and 1-1 tutors. Tuition should be delivered by...
Delivery: UKF15 · United Kingdom, UKF16 · United Kingdom
Documents
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Bidding documents
Tender notice on Find a Tender
22 May 2026
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Tender notice · UK4 · Web page
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
14 May 2025
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Planned procurement notice · UK1 · Web page
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