Early Intervention Services (EIS) Panel - Tranche 2

Tender description

<table><tr><td><b>RFx ID: </b></td><td>35271170</td></tr><tr><td><b>Organisation: </b></td><td>Ministry of Education</td></tr><tr><td><b>Open date: </b></td><td>Tuesday, 20 October 2026 2:00 PM +13:00</td></tr><tr><td><b>Close date: </td><td>Wednesday, 18 November 2026 2:00 PM +13:00</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Categories: </b></td><td>85000000 - Healthcare Services</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Region: </b></td><td>New Zealand</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><b>Overview: </b></td><td>The Ministry of Education established an Early Intervention Services (EIS) Panel to contract with private providers and Non-Governmental Organisations delivering Speech‑Language Therapy and Educational Psychology services in August this year. <br><br>The EIS Panel provides support for children from birth through to the end of Year 1 of schooling with non-complex developmental, communication and behavioural needs.<br><br>Expanding the Panel remains a priority to ensure sufficient market capacity and capability across New Zealand and will enable the Ministry to continue to reduce service waitlists and improve equitable access to early intervention services for children and whānau.<br><br>This is a non‑value, non‑volume panel, and no minimum level of business or funding is guaranteed.<br><br>All questions must be submitted via the GETS Q&amp;A portal.</td></tr></table>

Eligibility criteria

The full eligibility and assessment pack is released with the tender documents.