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LGSS

Cambridgeshire County Council Special Educational Needs and Disability Legal Service

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 80000000 80300000
Value£300k
Awarded25 Aug 2016
Published20 Mar 2017
RegionEast of England
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£300ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This is a large award for Business Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Cambridgeshire County Council provides education for children and young people with Statements of Special Educational Needs (SSEN) / Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) between the ages of 0 - 25 years.

There are approximately 3,300 Cambridgeshire children and young people with a SSEN/EHCP.

The Authority has received up to 90 appeals per year.

The number of appeals have consistently increased over the past 5 years.

All cases [75] reach stage 1, approximately 50% proceed to stage 2 [38], and 25% proceed to stage 3 [10].

The Council is seeking to block purchase 75 cases with option to spot purchase cases over the 75 block funded.

The Council is seeking specialist Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) legal advice assistance, and training to support and represent the Local Authority in all aspects of Special Educational Needs Tribunals.

The Council requires a bespoke response to its SEN legal needs.

This Contract is for 2 years, with an option to extend for two further periods of 1 year, making 4 years in total.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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The Council is seeking specialist Special Educational

The Council is seeking specialist Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) legal advice assistance, and training to support and represent the Local Authority in all aspects of Special Educational Needs Tribunals.

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OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
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Buyer ref
LGSS001-DN174035-74972983
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