Market Engagement Event for Speech and Language Therapy Services for Children and Young People

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    "description": "This is not a call for competition.\r\n      We would like to bring your attention to an exciting new opportunity to shape the future of speech and language therapy services in the London Borough of Croydon.\r\n      London Borough of Croydon (the Council) wishes to commission services to improve outcomes for children and young people aged 0- 25 with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). \r\n      The focus of this procurement is to improve education outcomes for those children and young people whose learning and educational outcomes are impacted by speech, language, and communication needs.\r\n      We are looking to commission up to three providers to work directly in schools in designated clusters, and in partnership with Croydon Locality Send Support Service and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust to deliver timely, high quality and cost-effective services to improve educational outcomes for our children and young people. \r\n      We would like to invite you to our bidder\u0027s open event and presentation where commissioners will set out our vision and the outcomes we are seeking to achieve, and you will get the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about this opportunity. \r\n      We look forward to seeing you. \r\n      Date: Thursday 23rd January 2025\r\n      Time: 2pm - 3pm\r\n      Location: Via MS Teams\r\n      Please register your interest to attend by sending us a message via the correspondence area including the following details:\r\n      o The name of your organisation\r\n      o The name and job title of the delegates\r\n      o The email addresses of the delegates\r\n      Once you register your interest, we will send you a link to the meeting.\r\n\r\nAdditional information: \r\nThis is not a call for competition.  This is an invitation for any interested potential bidders to attend a market engagement session. \r\n\r\nIs a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No",
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