RFP QuestBeta
ClosedStage · preprocurement

Nottinghamshire County Council

Information, Advice and Support Service (IASS) Soft Market testing

EducationCPV 80000000 85000000
Value£800k
Deadline23 Feb 2018
Published23 Mar 2017
RegionEast Midlands
Timeline
Published 23 Mar 2017ClosedCloses 23 Feb 2018
Contract value in context
£800ktotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

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The brief

The Children and Families Act (2014) requires local authorities to provide children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) or disabilities, and their parents and carers with information and advice about matters relating to their SEN or disabilities.

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states that Information, Advice and Support (IASS) should be provided through a dedicated and easily identifiable service and should be impartial, confidential, accessible, and should have the capacity to handle face-to-face, telephone and electronic enquiries.

Following advice, from the Department for Education and the national Information Advice and Support (IAS) Network, for the need to establish a service fully independent of the Local Authority, consideration is being given to the optimum way to provide this service.

One option that is being considered is to include the Disagreement Resolution and Mediation services within the IASS service.

We are requesting providers complete a short questionnaire that should be completed and returned to us by 12 noon on Thursday 13th April 2017.

The information and insight we obtain from this will then support the development of a tendering exercise later in the year.

Key requirements

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01

The Children and Families Act (2014) requires

The Children and Families Act (2014) requires local authorities to provide children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) or disabilities, and their parents and carers with information and advice about matters relating to their SEN or disabilities.

02

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states

The SEN Code of Practice (2015) states that Information, Advice and Support (IASS) should be provided through a dedicated and easily identifiable service and should be impartial, confidential, accessible, and should have the capacity to handle face-to-face, telephone and electronic enquiries.

03

Following advice, from the Department for Education

Following advice, from the Department for Education and the national Information Advice and Support (IAS) Network, for the need to establish a service fully independent of the Local Authority, consideration is being given to the optimum way to provide this service.

04

We are requesting providers complete a short

We are requesting providers complete a short questionnaire that should be completed and returned to us by 12 noon on Thursday 13th April 2017.

05

The information and insight we obtain from

The information and insight we obtain from this will then support the development of a tendering exercise later in the year.

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OCID
b4a8d16b-b14d-4421-b8f4-d9103cc71117
Stage
preprocurement · Closed
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
NOTTSCC001-DN251718-65535902
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