Official UK procurement notice
Overnight Short Break Services for Children with Disabilities
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe aim of the service will be to offer a specialist short break service to children and young people aged from 6 - 18 years old who have moderate to severe learning disabilities and additional complex needs including challenging behaviour, Epilepsy, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, physical disabilities, communication difficulties and complex health needs such as gastrostomies.
Whilst individual need will differ the objective of the service will be to:
Enable children and young people to access social and leisure opportunities.
Support children and young people to develop their life skills and independence as well as developing personal safety skills and managing self-care.
Enable family carers to take a break from their caring role.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jul 2025, 12:46 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Jul 2025, 13:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Aug 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-041301- Accelerated
- Light touch contract
- Latest notice
- Planned procurement notice (UK3)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05612cFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Jul 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 7 dates- Planning notice published17 Jul 2025, 12:46 BST
- Latest notice published18 Jul 2025, 13:31 BST
- Market engagement30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
As there is a lack of sufficiency within Northumberland, we would like to seek views from the market to help us to overcome some of the challenges that we are facing. These include:
Levels of assessed need for services (demand) is outstripping supply.
A limited number of providers operating within Northumberland and the wider area who can offer a service to children.
Providers experiencing recruitment and retention difficulties.
The ability to support complexity of presenting need safely and appropriately
Meeting the needs of children across a wider geographical footprint.
The information provided will help us to identify whether a procurement exercise would attract sufficient interest in the provision of Overnight Short Break Services for Disabled Children and if so, what this model would look like.
We would welcome your views in response to the questions shown no later than Wednesday 30th July.
- Tender notice expected1 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by31 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Jul 2025- Planned procurement notice published17 Jul 2025, 12:46 BSTUK3
- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Jul 2025, 15:59 BSTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published18 Jul 2025, 13:31 BSTUK3
- Deadline moved to 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST18 Jul 2025, 13:31 BST+0 days · was 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Published amendments (1)
The Questionnaire has been amended
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications As there is a lack of sufficiency within Northumberland, we would like to seek views from the market to help us to overcome some of the challenges that we are facing. These include: Levels of assessed need for services (demand) is outstripping supply. A limited number of provid…
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender