HCC - 09/15 - Provision of Community Short Breaks - Activities Extra - AWARD

Contract summary

Industry

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Location of contract

SG13 8DE

Value of contract

£0 to £325,000

Procurement reference

HCC1508268 - AWARD

Published date

15 July 2016

Closing date

27 November 2015

Contract start date

6 July 2016

Contract end date

5 July 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Hertfordshire County Council is tendering for Community Short Break Services to run a range of different services, across Hertfordshire, which form part of the Community Short Breaks - Activities Extra element of the Short Breaks Local Offer (SBLO). These services are required to be delivered during weekday evenings/after school and weekends during term time and where there is sufficient demand from families during the Hertfordshire school holidays. The services are for children and young people aged 5-19 years with disabilities who reside in Hertfordshire.

Service Users and their families should be provided with a menu of choice of Community Short Break services that they can access at the times outlined below and should include (albeit not limited to) the services that are outlined in Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 of the Service Specification
• Term time evening services providing coverage throughout the year
• School Holiday services providing full coverage throughout the school holiday,

Projects that provide an innovative solution for providing The Service are encouraged.

The Provider is encouraged to build on commissioned provision by developing further services purchased directly by parents / carers such as wrap around childcare for working families, sibling activities etc. and these should be paid for at cost or subsidised through other funding / charitable grants / partnerships.
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Any afterschool group based service provided should be for a minimum of 2 hours in duration (unless otherwise agreed with the Service Users and their families); however the length of time that the Service User attends for should be flexible around theirs and their family's needs.

Any daytime, holiday and weekend group based service should be for a minimum of 4 hours in duration (unless otherwise agreed with the Service Users and their families) and the length that the Service User attends for should be flexible around theirs and their family's needs.

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Award information

Awarded date

22 December 2015

Contract start date

6 July 2016

Contract end date

5 July 2018

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 7 suppliers.

Acton for Children

CHIPS Playschemes

Jubilee House Care Trust

North Herts CVS

Royal Association for Deaf people

St Albans Mencap

Watford and District Mencap

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About the buyer

Contact name

Stephen Madden (HCC)

Address

Pegs Lane
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8DE
United Kingdom

Telephone

01438 843955

Email

stephen.madden@hertfordshire.gov.uk