Notice Information
Notice Title
Overnight Short Breaks with Outreach Support for Children in Herefordshire
Notice Description
Invitation to Tender for a service to provide Overnight Short Breaks with Outreach Support for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Herefordshire. The Overnight Short Breaks service will be delivered from a Council-owned property near Hereford City. Outreach support will be delivered across a number of locations within Herefordshire. NOTE: The total estimated contract value stated in this notice represents the maximum possible value of the contract over its full term (including extensions). The actual value will be subject to demand and the provider's capacity during the life of the contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The contract may be extended for a period of up to 24 months.
Planning Information
Dates of the engagement: 1) 5th November 10:00am - 12:30pm at Shell Store, Rotherwas, Skylon Park, Hereford HR2 6SR 2) 12th November 1:00pm - 2:00pm via Microsoft teams (for this event suppliers should confirm their name and email address that we should send the Microsoft Teams invitation to) Herefordshire Council has published this market engagement notice on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal', project reference DN795663. To view the documentation related to this Market Engagement Event you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. Closing date for registration: - 12 noon, Friday 31st October for the first event and - 12 noon, Monday 10th November for the second event To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05aa7d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031239-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,600,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Apr 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Apr 20262 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Dec 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 8 Jun 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2032-03-31
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HEREFORDSHIRE 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
- HEREFORD
- Postcode
- HR4 0LE
- Post Town
- Hereford
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG11 Herefordshire, County of
- Delivery Location
- TLG11 Herefordshire, County of
-
- Local Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Electoral Ward
- Widemarsh
- Westminster Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031239-2026
7th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024267-2026
17th March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069436-2025
29th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/068924-2025
28th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/065638-2025
15th October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063275-2025
8th October 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
Herefordshire Council has published this Opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal if you are not already registered with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal, click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser's address bar: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk
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