Education other than at School (EOTAS) Programme

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    "name": "Torbay Council"
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  "date": "2025-01-31T15:49:58Z",
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        "locality": "Torquay",
        "postalCode": "TQ1 3DR",
        "streetAddress": "Town Hall, Castle Circus"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "chloe.farquhar@torbay.gov.uk",
        "name": "Chloe Farquhar",
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      "startDate": "2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00"
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    "description": "Whilst the majority of children and young people will access their education within a registered school, for some with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) this is not appropriate.\r\n\r\nWhen the local authority is in agreement that education within a school is not appropriate to be able to support the needs of the child or young person, an arrangement can be agreed for them to access their education elsewhere by a different service.\r\n\r\nHistorically, Torbay Council has taken an ad-hoc approach to this where the provision is spot-purchased on a case-by-case basis. Due to this ad-hoc arrangement and the increasing need for children and young people to receive their education via (Education other than at Schools) EOTAS, it has caused a fragmented system where there is no package offer available for families to understand what EOTAS could look like for their child and inconsistencies have been experienced.\r\n\r\nTherefore, the purpose of this procurement exercise is to establish a holistic EOTAS Programme where a child or young person accessing the provision has a consistent journey with defined outcomes, families can, at a glance, understand what the EOTAS provision will look like for their child and will increase the overall sustainability of EOTAS delivery within Torbay.\r\n\r\nThe EOTAS Programme will compromise of 4 Lots:\r\n\r\nLot 1 Core Curriculum Education\r\nLot 2 Community Inclusion and Preparing for Adulthood\r\nLot 3a Aspiration Framework; and\r\nLot 3b Therapeutic Framework\r\n\r\nTo make up a holistic package for children and young people in receipt of an EOTAS provision.\r\n\r\nAdditional information: \r\nIn order to provide unrestricted, full, direct and free of charge access to the tender documents, the Authority is providing the documents in PDF format in the Opportunities Area of the ProContract e-Tendering Portal at: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/\r\n\r\nIn order to access amendable versions of the documents and submit a response, Applicants must be registered as Suppliers on ProContract. Applicants should then express an interest in the opportunity and download the Word and Excel format documents for completion and submission.",
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      "endDate": "2025-03-03T12:00:00Z"
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