How to win: CPU7109 - Alternative Provision (Education) Services Open Framework

About this contract

Once this Tender Notice is published, Tender documents can be obtained from the East Midlands Procurement Portal at https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ by searching for CPU7109. This Open Framework is for the provision of Alternative Provision (Education) Services. Nottingham City Council is seeking Tenders from sufficiently experienced and qualified providers to establish a multi-Lot, multi-Supplier Open Framework of independent Alternative Education Provision Suppliers in compliance with the Act. This Procurement consists of Lots as detailed below: Lot 1 - SEND & Specialist Education Lot 2 - Crisis & Stabilisation Lot 3 - Core Education, Post-16 & Long-Term AP The Authority is seeking to put in place an Open Framework to establish the initial Framework and appoint one or more Framework Members to deliver services. This Procurement is intended to set up a list of approved Framework Members. There is no limit to the number of Suppliers who can be Framework Members. Contract Award Procedures will then be conducted, and Call-off contracts will then be awarded. The Open Framework Mechanism allows the Authority to 're-open' the Framework to new Framework Members, while allow existing Fra

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Nottingham City Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £178,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 16 October 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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