Pseudo-DPS for Alternative Education Provision (AP) 2024 - 2027
Bedford Borough Council · East of England
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What the buyer wants
Bedford Borough Council seeks suitably-qualified suppliers for a Pseudo-DPS Approved Provider List to deliver short-term Alternative Education Provision services for children and young people unable to access mainstream education due to social, emotional, mental health needs or challenging behaviours. Services include education, tuition, support, coaching, mentoring, and therapeutic interventions aimed at reintegration into mainstream schooling.
An Approved Provider List (APL) on a Pseudo-DPS of suitably-qualified suppliers to deliver Alternative Education Provision to children and young people who are unable to access mainstream education provision due to their social, emotional and mental health needs and/or behaviours that challenge.
These services are intended to be short-term interventions aimed at enabling a child or young person to achieve good educational outcomes and reintegrate back into mainstream school in a supported way.
The services to be provided comprise a mixture of education, tuition, individual support, coaching, mentoring and therapeutic services dependent on the needs of the children/young people being worked with. The local authority will determine the level of service to be provided to individual children/young people.
Services will be in 3 Lots.
Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No
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Services required
- Guidance and counselling services
- Special education services
Key facts
- Buyer: Bedford Borough Council
- Deadline: 22 March 2027
- Contract period: 27 April 2027 to 28 April 2027
- Location: East of England
- Published on: Contracts Finder
- First seen by Tenderoo: 17 October 2026
- CPV: 85312300, 80340000
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