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

What the buyer is asking for

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

How this is scored

Published by the buyer. A winning response is written to these weightings, not to the question.

• 70%qualityQualityMS1 Service Delivery; Staff Competency; Caseload Modeling - 10% MS2 Safeguarding; Complaints; Incidents - 10% MS3 Promotion and Innovation - 10% MS4 Equality and Diversity - 10% MS5 Collaboration and Partnership - 5% MS6 Premises and Accessibility - 5% MS7 Service Capacity Management and Prioritisation Strategy - 10% MS8 Social Value - 10%
• 30%pricePriceTenderers should quote on a tendered price as set out in the Instructions to Tenders.

What you must already have

Conditions of participation. These are pass or fail, so check them before writing anything.

• economic

  Financial viability based on the criteria set out in the ITT.

• technical

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

How contested is this?

Buyers publish how many bids they received. Across 86 comparable procurements we can tell you the typical field size, how often one of these goes uncontested, and whether the buyer awards on price or on quality.

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London

1. Tender notice published23 days ago

   14 Oct 2026, 11:17 BST
2. Clarification questions by5 days ago

   2 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
3. Submission deadlinein 9 days

   16 Nov 2026, 00:00 GMT
4. Award decision expected byin 160 days

   15 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Nothing awarded yet

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender

1. Pipeline or early engagement notice18 May 2026, 11:30 BST045282-2026
2. Tender notice14 Oct 2026, 11:17 BST096890-2026

Payment 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.

Documents

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