SPS 2629 - Provision of Locum Education Psychologists

Concepts

• education and training
• royal borough of greenwich
• educational psychologists
• traded educational psychology service
• sps 2629 - provision of locum education psychologists
• phases of educational provision
• types of educational provision
• locum
• royal borough
• greenwich

Location

Description

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is seeking to commission a new open framework agreement consisting of multiple, specialist agencies/providers to supply Locum Educational Psychologists to (1) complete statutory psychological advice in respect of children and young people undergoing statutory assessment under the provisions of the Children & Families Act (2014), and (2) to work within a consultation framework to deliver a traded Educational Psychology service to schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The successful agencies/providers will enter into a Framework Agreement to provide Locum Education Psychologists cover to work: • across the Borough of Greenwich • Across phases of educational provision including early years, primary secondary and post 16. • With children and young people 0-25 years and their families • Across types of educational provision including specialist and mainstream settings • In home and residential settings as needed • Across all core areas of need as set out in the SEND Code of Practice, dependent on experience. • Collaboratively with colleagues within the Children's Services department, with schools/settings and partner agencies and with parents and carers to support the promotion and implementation of local and national priorities and initiatives regarding children & young people. The successful agencies/providers will be expected to provide Educational Psychologists that meet all the required mandatory as laid out in the specification document. The call off procedure will be via direct call off, or a mini competition. The procurement will take place under the Open Procedure as stipulated in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Framework Agreement awarded will be for a period of four years and shall be awarded to multiple providers. Forecasts indicate that total expenditure in this area over the four year period which will be approximately £630K.

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 85320000 - Social services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Other Information

This procurement will be managed via the Royal Borough of Greenwich's e-procurement portal: https://royalgreenwich.proactishosting.com/ The Royal Borough of Greenwich will seek a number of specialist agencies/providers to supply Locum Educational Psychologists IMPORTANT NOTE :To express an interest in this opportunity can you please express your interest using the portal messaging system. Please look for the opportunities section via the above link by the 4th October 2022 5.00pm. No direct emails will be answered only use the Proactis messaging section for all communications. NB: In order to tender you must have first made an expression of interest through the messaging section of the tendering portal Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents. To participate, Suppliers will need to register as a Supplier with ProContract before obtaining access to the tender documents. https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?resetFilter=True&apply... PLEASE NOTE EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST MUST BE MADE BY 5.00PM ON THE 4th October 2022