Pipeline Framework: Supplier Information Day for upcoming tender – SEN Mediation

A pipeline has been launched for Supplier Information Day for upcoming tender – SEN Mediation.The contract start Date is 01 December 2019. Approach to market date is 08 July 2019.Under the Children and Families Act 2014 Local Authorities must make disagreement resolution services available to parents and young people. The Local Authority must commission the service, but the service must be independent of the local authority. As part of this service specification, the service provider must comply with the requirements of the Children and Families Act 2014 and take account of the current Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. SUPPLIER INFORMATION DAYSuppliers are invited to attend a Supplier Information Day on Monday 8th July commencing at 13.30 hours (please see below for full details):8th July 201913.30 – 16.00Cheriton Room,Capital House,48-52 Andover Road, Winchester, HampshireSO23 7BHTo participate and book your place, please register at and express an interest in the SEN Mediation tender(see also instructions below). If your organisation is not registered on the Hampshire In-tend portal, please go to the website stated above and click on the `Register` tab – registration is free.Logging into In-Tend (once registered)- To view this opportunity please click on `Tenders` then `Current` and then scroll down to the project- Selecting ‘View Details’ on the relevant opportunity – Clicking the ‘Express Interest’ tab- Following the on-screen instructionsBooking InstructionsIn order to book a place(s) please confirm your attendance via the Correspondence function on the project. You must provide the intended attendee’s name, their job/role title, organisation name, email address and contact telephone number.Due to limited space in the venue, we would request that only one employee from each organisation attends the event to ensure that all parties who may be interested are able to attend.If you would like to attend please confirm by Friday 5th July 2019.We recommend that you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on `Information for Suppliers` at the top of the In-Tend home page.Receiving Notification EmailsTo ensure you receive email alerts and notifications from our system, please add the email domain `@in-tend.co.uk` to your Safe Senders list.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester SO238ZB. Email: simon.blachford@hants.gov.uk (Simon Blachford)