Open Framework for Specialist Support and Therapies for Children and Young People with SEND
- Buyer
- London Borough of Hounslow
- Value
- £300,000,000
- Closes
- 9 December 2026
- Where
- Hounslow, London, the North West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Hounslow Council is setting up a framework, which is a pre-approved list of suppliers, for specialist support and therapies for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Schools, colleges, other education settings and authorised councils can then buy support from NHS, independent, voluntary and public providers without running their own tender. The estimated value is £300 million, but the notice says no historic or forecast figure guarantees any call-off volume.
What the buyer wants
• Provide specialist support and therapies for children and young people with SEND, which may include assessment, advice, early intervention, consultation, workforce development and alternative provision (AP) outreach where a call-off is made. • Deliver in a child-centred and timely, flexible way, with the child's voice, aspirations, communication and lived experience shaping plans, delivery and review. • Work within the quality-assured framework and support the SEND and AP Strategic Improvement Plan, One Hounslow needs-led funding and the developing Experts at Hand model.
Lots
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Educational Psychology
- Alternative Provision Outreach
Requirements
Named in the buyer's notice:
- Safeguarding Trained
What could rule a small business out: The notice asks for experienced providers of specialist therapies and is a £300 million framework with no guaranteed volume, so a small business without an established track record in this area would most likely be ruled out, although the excerpt does not state specific financial or certification thresholds.
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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.
Where to apply
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Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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