Notice Information
Notice Title
Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention Framework
Notice Description
Swindon Borough Council is seeking to commission suitably qualified and experience service providers to join their framework. This is the annual reopening of the contract initially commissioned in May 2025 for 4 years with this being the 2nd year of the framework. Contract Notice: 2024/S 000-041583 refers. Swindon Borough Council are re-opening their framework of providers to provide services against education Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention services. The requirement is being divided into lots where providers can apply for any lot. Clarifications will close 12:00noon on 15th April 2026. The tender will close for submissions 12:00noon on 22nd April 2026. 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 Existing providers do not need to reapply, unless applying for a different lot. Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.
Lot Information
Alternative Provision
Swindon Borough Council is seeking a suite of providers to deliver services to children who need to access Alternative Provision and to prioritise seeking the return of children back into schools setting.
Short Breaks - InclusionProviding Short Break services to help children with very specialist needs
Short Breaks InclusionProviding services to help children integrate into everyday activity
Short Breaks Overnight Respiteproviding overnight respite for carers of children with these needs
Early Interventionproviding services which help prevent children going into more advanced care solutions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cd0e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029209-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
80 - Education and training services
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
75121000 - Administrative educational services
80000000 - Education and training services
80100000 - Primary education services
80200000 - Secondary education services
80490000 - Operation of an educational centre
80500000 - Training services
85000000 - Health and social work services
85300000 - Social work and related services
85311200 - Welfare services for the handicapped
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
85312000 - Social work services without accommodation
85312100 - Daycare services
85312110 - Child daycare services
85312120 - Daycare services for handicapped children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,121,448 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,121,448 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Mar 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN1 2JH
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLK14 Swindon
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Eastcott
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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