Special Educational Needs Services Associated with Wennington Hall School

Concepts

• education and training
• wennington hall school
• lancashire
• special educational needs services
• regional schools commissioner
• anticipated value of the services
• associated liabilities
• service commencement date
• education provision
• provider of special educational needs services

Location

Lancashire

Description

The outcome of the procurement was intended to meet the following objectives: 1) Education for the current cohort of pupils shall be provided for, at Wennington Hall School or other DFE registered site(s), where another site will deliver improved education provision and would not entail a greater travel requirement than to the current site. 2) The authority intends to lease the premises to the successful tenderer, then transfer ownership of Wennington Hall School property along with all associated liabilities, with these being taken on by the successful tenderer. 3) Provider utilisation of the Wennington Hall School site for specialist education provision and/or children's social care provision for a minimum of 7 years, from the service commencement date to meet market need.

Total Quantity or Scope

Wennington Hall School (WHS) is located in a large country house within 17 acres of attractive well maintained grounds in Wennington village in the picturesque Lune Valley, Lancashire, a rural setting north of Lancaster close to the Cumbria and North Yorkshire borders. It is designated as a community residential special school for young people with Social Emotional and Mental Health needs. An Ofsted monitoring visit took place on 7 November 2017 which identified a number of improvements and set out areas for further improvement; and a further full inspection was carried out in July 2019 with the report published on 9 October 2019 with a continued judgement of Inadequate. At the time of tendering the Regional Schools Commissioner had been unable to identify a suitable sponsor, which prompted the local authority to consider its options for the future of the school and its pupils. The authority intended to commission a provider of special educational needs services associated with Wennington Hall School. The anticipated value of the Services was approximately GBP 700 000 to GBP 1 230 000 for the delivery of services to the current cohort between September 2021 and the end of the academic year in 2024. The authority valued the WHS Property at GBP 2 750 000. Tenderers were required to submit their own valuation of the property within Appendix 5 – Pricing Schedule. Note: details of value or potential future uptake was given in good faith to assist tenderers in submitting your tender. They should not be interpreted as an undertaking that this would be the value of the services and would not form part of the agreement. The agreement term for the services was to be three years, if the service commencement date is September 2021. The authority reserved the right to enter into negotiations with tenderers. The Authority said they may negotiate upon: • the proposals to meet the procurement objectives and the service specification, • the information submitted in the pricing schedule, • other aspects of the submission impacted as a consequence of negotiating the areas identified above, • the authority said that they would not negotiate on what we consider to be our minimum requirements including the substantive terms and conditions as set out in the agreement, inclusive of its schedules the service specification, the lease agreement heads of terms.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

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