Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228859 on special educational needs, what criteria her Department used to select Mott McDonald.
The Department for Education procured the 2015-16 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) delivery support contract through an open tender process.
The criteria for assessing bids are set out in pages 32-45 of the invitation to tender document, which can be found here: https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&lang=en&NoticeId=1611969