Published date: 30 December 2024

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: 27 January 2025, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£10,000,000 to £10,121,448

Procurement reference

SWINDON001-DN757423-40873171

Published date

30 December 2024

Closing date

27 January 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2029

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

Provision of Short Breaks, Alternative Provision and Early Intervention
Swindon Borough Council invites expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced service providers for the provision of Short Breaks, Alternative Provision and Early Intervention.
Project Description
Swindon Borough Council are looking to procure a Framework of providers to provide services against education Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention SEND services.
The requirement is being divided into lots where providers can apply for any lot
Lots are:
Lot 1 Alternative Provision - Swindon Borough Council is seeking a suite of providers to deliver services to children who are not in mainstream education and to prioritise seeking the return of children back into schools setting.
Lot 2 Short Breaks - Specialist services - Providing services to help children with very specialist needs
Lot 3 Short Breaks - Inclusion- Providing services to help children integrate into everyday activity
Lot 4 Short Breaks - Overnight respite- providing overnight respite for carers of children with these needs
Lot 5 - Early intervention - providing services which help prevent children going into more advanced care solutions
The contract will be for 4 years with no option to extend as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend across the 4 years is as below:
Alternative Provision: £7,946,200
Short Breaks Specialist: £1,173,600
Short Breaks Inclusion: £33,600
Short Breaks Overnight: £457,600
Early Intervention: £510,448
Total Value - £10,121,448.00 over 4 years for all lots
Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.
To participate, Suppliers will need to Register as a Supplier with ProContract, www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk, then Register an Interest before obtaining access to the tender documents. In the event of difficulties registering as a supplier, please refer to the System Administrator Proactis support team ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com
Tender clarifications to be submitted in writing via Messaging in ProContract tender portal by 20th January 2025, 1200 hrs UK Local time. The Council's responses to these clarification questions will be issued periodically on the ProContract tender portal.
Tender Responses are required to be submitted no later than 27th January 2025, 1400 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/
Please note that this project has been advertised on Find A Tender Service/ Contracts Finder/ other web portals, however, Supplying the South West Portal, https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ is the only portal that includes all the relevant documents required to respond to this opportunity, bearing Project Id: DN757423
No Tender submissions will be considered without completing the tender documents in full including attachments and returning them in alignment with the instructions within the tender documents.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Madeline Tompkins

Address

Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices
Euclid Street
Swindon
SN1 2JH
England

Telephone

+44 7971988685

Email

MTompkins@swindon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/