AfC Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS)

Opportunity overview

The Special Education Needs Advice and Service (SENDIASS) in Kingston and Richmond offers impartial advice and support across a wide range of subjects. This may include help with personal budgets and how to use the Local Offer plus: support with understanding reports and letters, attending meetings and preparing for assessments and reviews information and signposting to support services in your area support with Transition and Preparing for Adulthood support with and signposting to mediation advice and support on benefits

Lot 1 — Contract lot

Estimated lot value including VAT: £1.4m

Participation condition: Financial viability based on the criteria set out in the ITT.

Participation condition: IPSEA Legal Training Safer Recruitment: Safeguarding Training As set out in the ITT.

Award criterion: Quality: 70%

Award criterion: Price: 30%

Suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises.

Contract starts: 30 June 2027

Initial contract ends: 30 June 2030

Maximum term ends: 30 June 2034

Extension: First Extension (24 months): 1 July 2030 – 30 June 2032 Second Extension (24 months): 1 July 2032 – 30 June 2034

Contracting authority

Achieving for Children 44 York Street, Twickenham, TW1 3BZ, UKI75, United Kingdom Email: commissioning@kingston.gov.uk Website: https://www.achievingforchildren.org.uk/

Procurement timetable and procedure

Procedure: Open procedure

Special regime: Light Touch Regime

Clarification deadline: 2 November 2026 at 12:00 am

Submission deadline: 16 November 2026 at 12:00 am

Award decision expected by: 15 April 2027 at 11:59 pm

Electronic submissions: allowed

Submission language: EN

Financial terms: The Authority shall accept and process the payment of an electronic invoice submitted by the Provider, within 30 calendar days, where it complies with the standard electronic invoicing and is undisputed.

CPV Classification

80340000 — Special education services; 85000000 — Health and social work services; 98000000 — Other community, social and personal services

How to submit

The official Find a Tender notice directs suppliers to the buyer’s electronic tendering system. The procurement documents, clarifications and response area are managed there.

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Documents

• The Tender documents will be published on the London Tenders Portal at the web address provided. Reference DN780016

TenderLab qualification first

Before we write, we establish whether the opportunity fits.

We examine the published participation conditions, service scope, geography, regulatory position, available evidence, mobilisation demands and commercial exposure with your team. We only confirm a full tender-writing engagement when the available information supports a responsible view that the provider meets the tender requirements.

If AfC Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Information Advice and Support Services (SENDIASS) is a credible fit, we can map the scored requirements, gather operational evidence and build the response around the buyer documents. The qualification check and any writing support do not guarantee an award; the contracting authority makes the final decision.