Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Wirral Council
  PBCP-8675-BHWT
  Town Hall, Brighton Street
  Wallasey
  CH448ED
  UK
  
            Contact person: Rebecca Boulger
  
            E-mail: rebeccaboulger@wirral.gov.uk
  
            NUTS: UKD74
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: https://www.wirral.gov.uk/
 
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND) Consultancy
            Reference number: DN775653
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  80340000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  To provide consultancy services for SEND process development and improvement, and to provide support for individual children and young people with SEND.
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
  II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
  Value excluding VAT: 
				70 253.20 
				  GBP
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKD74
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    To provide consultancy services for SEND process development and improvement, and to provide support for individual children and young people with SEND.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Price
                    
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              No
            
    II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
    
            The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
            
              No
            
   
 
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
  IV.1.1) Type of procedure
  Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
  Justification for selected award procedure:
  The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
  Explanation
  Consultant commissioned under consultancy framework has specialist skills required to deliver service and is integrated with service users.
  IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
  
                The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
                
        Yes
      
 
Section V: Award of contract
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        Yes
      
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/05/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
                Number of tenders received: 1
              The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
              
        No
      
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
  Reed Talent Solutions (Consultancy +)
  11875450
  London
  UK
  
            NUTS: UKD74
  The contractor is an SME:
        No
      
 
                V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
              
Total value of the contract/lot: 
					: 70 253.20 
					  GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Direct Award via YPO 001141
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    Royal court of justic
    London
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/06/2025