Decision details

Leeds City Council Children’s Services currently has a contract in place for 11-19 offsite learning. The contract expires in August 2017. The existing contract has been in place since September 2013.

Permission is sought to undertake a new competitive tender exercise to establish a new framework contract. It is envisaged the framework will be for 4 years.

The provision of Learning Programmes for 11-19 Learners, in Off-Site Settings is significant in Leeds with 7,000 learner days per year provided by a total of 36 providers from the FE, private and voluntary sectors. The value of the work approaches £3 million per year. The programmes are purchased by schools, SILCS (Specialist Inclusive Learning Centres) and PRUs (Pupil Referral Units) from their budgets. There is no central funding from Leeds City Council for the purchase of this provision for young people.

The Director of Children’s Services gave:

·  Permission to procure a new framework of providers for offsite education  provision.

·  Permission to implement an annual refresh process to allow contract holders to amend their offer and prices on annual basis and to invite new providers to the framework on an annual basis. 

·  Approval to waiver the contract procedure rule CPR 15.2 – Tender evaluation - in order to evaluate tender submissions on the basis of 20% for price and 80% for quality.

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