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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

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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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