25013 Flexible Learning Support Framework - Round 2
- Buyer
- Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
- Value
- Not published
- Closes
- 30 December 2026
- Where
- Dudley, the West Midlands
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Dudley Council is building a framework of approved providers to deliver flexible education and support for children and young people who need alternative or specialist provision. They want a mix of education providers, training organisations, voluntary groups, therapists, and employers on one approved list that they can call on as needed.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver high-quality, personalised education and support services for children, young people, and young adults with additional or specialist needs • Demonstrate strong safeguarding practices, effective partnership working, and robust quality assurance processes • Provide flexible, accessible support that helps learners stay engaged, improve wellbeing, make progress, and move into education, employment, training, or independent adulthood
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
If you have no experience working with children, young people, or vulnerable learners, or if you cannot demonstrate robust safeguarding practices and relevant qualifications for your area of provision, you will not be approved for this framework.
How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
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