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Overnight Short Break Respite and Residential Accommodation and Support for Disabled/SEND Children

Swindon Borough Council

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Award

11 Sep 2026 at 10:10

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

08 Jul 2026 at 11:38

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Swindon Borough Council procured overnight short-break respite and residential accommodation and support for disabled children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The requirement combines overnight respite for families with residential care for children and young people with complex needs and disabilities. Services include social work with accommodation and welfare support for children and young people. Delivery is within Swindon, where the provider is expected to operate a short-break overnight respite and complex-needs residential home. The contracting authority is Swindon Borough Council. This is a specialist children’s social care and supported accommodation requirement, suited to providers able to deliver residential care, respite provision, safeguarding and support for children with complex needs and disabilities.

The procurement is complete and was run as an above-threshold open procedure under the light-touch regime. One bid was received and John Edwards Care Homes Ltd was selected for the single lot. The award was made on 9 September 2026 at £7,000,000 excluding VAT (£8,400,000 including VAT). The awarded contract period is 25 September 2026 to 24 September 2027, with an option for two 24-month extensions, allowing a maximum end date of 24 September 2031. A standstill period ends on 23 September 2026, with contract signature scheduled for 24 September 2026. The tender response deadline was 29 July 2026 at 12:00 UK time; clarification questions closed on 22 July 2026 at 12:00. Evaluation weighted price at 20%, mobilisation quality at 30%, services and outcomes at 20%, flexibility at 20% and social value at 10%.

The award demonstrates demand from Swindon Borough Council for a dedicated provider combining overnight respite with residential care for disabled and SEND children, including children with complex needs. A credible future competitor would need an established residential care operation within Swindon and the ability to provide safe, reliable overnight support for children and young people. The evaluation shows that mobilisation capability is particularly important, alongside the quality of services and outcomes and the ability to respond flexibly to families’ and children’s needs. Providers should also be able to evidence meaningful social value delivery and offer a competitive price. The opportunity is most relevant to experienced specialist children’s social care organisations with sufficient operational capacity to maintain accommodation, staffing, safeguarding and continuity of care.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Overnight Short Break Respite and Residential Accommodation and Support for Disabled/SEND Children

Notice Description

Swindon Borough Council has a statutory requirement to resource overnight short breaks for families. As well as providing residential care for children and young people with complex needs and disabilities. This tender covers the need for a Short Break Overnight Respite and Complex Needs residential home within the boundaries of Swindon. The initial contract term will be for 12 months with an option to extend for a further 2 x 2 year extensions for a potential total contract term of 5 years as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend is approximately PS1,400,000million across the initial 1 year contract term and approximately PS7,000,000million across the potential total 5 year contract term. 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 22nd July 2026, 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 29th July 2026, 1200 hrs UK Local time via ProContract tender portal - https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: option to extend contract for 2 x 24 months

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c623
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/086240-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£7,000,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
25 Sep 2026 - 24 Sep 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Swindon Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN1 2JH
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

JOHN EDWARDS CARE HOMES LTD

Further Information

Notice Documents

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