# CON\_28540, CON\_28541, CON\_28503, CON\_28542, CON\_28543, CON\_28544, CON\_28545, CON\_28546,CON\_28547 SEND - Financial Advisers\_LOT 07 Contract award notice

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Wicker Gate Ltd
- Award value: £997,250
- Tender value: £105,500
- Award date: 30 September 2025
- Published: 30 October 2025
- Contract start: 30 September 2025
- Contract end: 29 September 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d19987e0-85f2-4762-a4b2-7d5f1b7391bd-870211
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-050c6663-0682-499f-afd5-10b54ed30279

## Description

The Department wishes to appoint SEND Financial Advisers to provide tailored advice and support to local authorities to effectively manage their high needs systems such that they sustainably deliver the best possible outcomes for their children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities \(SEND\)\. Advisers will work with local areas, providing a clear and sustained focus on the management of the Dedicated Schools Grant \(DSG\) and local SEND system to ensure the best available value for money\. A total of nine advisors have been appointed\.

## Related contract awards

- [DfE Fraud investigation tool award](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7a2e3404-ed16-4d45-8092-bfa8a4f18f2e): Department for Education
- [Free School Meals \(FSM\) Expansion Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9a8f621d-f2a1-4752-8b7f-6923ce98a923): Department for Education
- [project\_9776 - SEN Longitudinal Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5abdfe56-1d26-48c5-a94b-208496ac2419): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d19987e0-85f2-4762-a4b2-7d5f1b7391bd-870211)