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title: "Short Breaks for Disabled Children"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03731f"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2022-10-05"
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# Short Breaks for Disabled Children

Buyer: DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03731f

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## Summary

The Devon County Council has initiated a tender process for the provision of Short Breaks for Disabled Children in Exeter, United Kingdom. The procurement falls under the health and social work services category and is currently in the planning stage. The council aims to engage with the market to enhance market development and commissioning services. The future notice date for this opportunity is set for October 7, 2022.

This tender by Devon County Council presents opportunities for service providers in the health and social work services sector to contribute to the provision of support for disabled children and their families. Businesses specialising in services for disabled individuals, social care providers, and organisations focusing on child welfare are well-suited to compete in this tender. By participating, businesses can help shape the commissioning strategy and develop new services that cater to the needs of disabled children and young people.

## Notice

Devon County Council (DCC) has recently developed a comprehensive Commissioning Strategy for Short Breaks for Disabled Children. This has incorporated data we currently hold that we have pulled together for this purpose, feedback from the Parent Carer Forum Devon (PCFD), Children & Families, DCS Support & Advice Team and The Disability Social Work Team. One of the aims of the Short Breaks Commissioning Strategy is to drive a more consistent and focused approach to market development thereby increasing sufficiency of good quality relevant services that will cost effectively lead to good outcomes for disabled children. Commissioners want to engage with the market to further develop this strategy and the optimal approach to commissioning services. There will be a number of engagement opportunities proceeding a procurement process to deliver the service.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Commissioners will shortly be carrying out an expression of interest aimed at gaining information that will allow us to improve the offer and outcome for disabled children, young people and their families by: 1. Ensuring that all potential Short Breaks providers are aware of our Commissioning Intentions. 2. Obtaining feedback from providers on our Commissioning Intentions. 3. Communicating preliminary ideas for new services to the provider market to enable providers to help shape these ideas into a clearly defined vision and range of options. 4. Enabling us to gauge the interest of providers in the opportunities, and ascertain a range of potential approaches to service delivery to consider going forward. 5. Providing interested parties with the opportunity to consider joint venture partnerships where appropriate.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027963-2022 |
| Notice type | Planning Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 6 Oct 2022 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planned |
| Lots status | Planned |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | EXETER |
| Post town | Exeter |
| Postcode | EX2 4QD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon |
| ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC |
| Local authority | Exeter |
| Electoral ward | Newtown and St Leonard's |
| Westminster constituency | Exeter |
| Delivery location | TLK4 Devon |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 5 Oct 2022 at 11:24 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027963-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.devon.gov.uk

## Provenance

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