Coming up· published 3 Jul 2025
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support Service (SENDIASS)
West Berkshire Council · West Berkshire, South East
West Berkshire Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Berkshire.
Source: Find a Tender, published 3 Jul 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice · 09:07
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2028
Contract ends
2 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
West Berkshire Council is planning this contract. It is a contract for other health and social care in West Berkshire. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The contract runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028. It lasts 2 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 3 July 2025. The notice number is 037014-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-055813.
Summary of the contracting process
West Berkshire Council is in the planning stage of a procurement process for the provision of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice, and Support Service (SENDIASS). The location for this contract is Newbury, United Kingdom, and the sector involved is healthcare and social work services.
A market engagement event is scheduled virtually via Teams on Wednesday, 16th July 2025, from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, with a registration deadline of 15th July 2025. The preliminary notice for this procurement was published on 3rd July 2025, and further updates are expected on 14th November 2025. The planned contract period is from 1st August 2026 to 31st July 2028, with a potential extension until 2030.
It is suitable for small and medium enterprises as well as voluntary and community sector organisations, offering a chance to contribute to the community by supporting children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities.
The notice in full
The SENDIAS Service (SENDIASS) provides impartial Information, Advice and Support Services on the full range of education, health and social care as defined in the SEND Code of Practice (gov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25 ) to the following Service Users - (a) children and young people aged 0 years to 25 years of age (inclusive) with (or who may have) a Special Education Need and/or a Disability ("SEND"); and (b) their parents, carers and families.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Jul 2028 (2 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planning
- Lots
- Planning
Not stated in the notice: awards, contracts.
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 037014-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055813
- CPV code
- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Town
- Reading
- Postcode
- RG14 5LD
- Electoral ward
- Newbury Central
- Constituency
- Newbury
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Berkshire West
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- West Berkshire Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Newbury, RG14 5LD · South East · England
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Documents and links
- Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037014-2025
- Gov.ukgov.uk/government/publications/send-code-of-practice-0-to-25
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-055813 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about this tender
When will the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support… tender open?
West Berkshire Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How long is the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support… contract?
The contract runs from 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2028 (2 years).
Who is the buyer for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support…?
West Berkshire Council, based in West Berkshire, South East.
How do I bid for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information, Advice and Support…?
Register on the buyer's portal named in the notice, download the tender pack and check every condition of participation before you start writing. The buyer has marked it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Care Sync Experts writes and reviews care tender bids from £1,500 + VAT.
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What to do next
- Read the early notice in full.
- Answer any market engagement questions.
- Gather your evidence and case studies now.
- Check your policies are up to date.
- Watch for the tender notice.
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