Published date: 22 September 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 October 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Daycare services - 85312100

  • Child daycare services - 85312110

  • Daycare services for disabled children and young people - 85312120

    • Social services - 85320000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

MK42 9AP

Value of contract

£0 to £156,700

Procurement reference

IT-380-3088-BBC CH 03088

Published date

22 September 2022

Closing date

21 October 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Bedford Borough Council provides a range of Short Break Services that are designed to assist individuals who provide care for CYP with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND). The provision of short breaks is a statutory requirement under the Children and Families Act 2014. Local authorities are required to provide access to services that are designed to assist individuals who provide care for children with SEND to continue to do so, or to do so more effectively, by giving them breaks from caring. Local authorities must offer short breaks as part of a preventative model in keeping families together, preventing family breakdown and preventing CYP with SEND becoming children looked after.

Short Breaks Services have been defined as services that give CYP with SEND enjoyable experiences away from their primary carers, thereby contributing to their personal and social development and reducing social isolation; and services that provide parents and families a necessary and valuable break from their caring responsibilities.

Short Breaks Services can include day-time or overnight care in the homes of CYP with SEND or elsewhere, educational or leisure activities outside their homes, or services available to assist carers in the evenings, at weekends and during the school holidays.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Damola Aladesiun

Address

Cauldwell Street
Bedford
England
MK42 9AP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01234 276985

Email

Damola.Aladesiun@bedford.gov.uk