--- title: "Short Breaks for Disabled Children 2025 - Soft Market Test" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-047e84" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-047e84" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047e84.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047e84.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL" published: "2024-07-18" --- # Short Breaks for Disabled Children 2025 - Soft Market Test Buyer: SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047e84 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-047e84) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-047e84.json) ## Summary The Sheffield City Council is planning to launch a tender for "Short Breaks for Disabled Children 2025 - Soft Market Test" worth £4,000,000. The procurement process falls under the services category in the industry classification for daycare services for disabled children and young people. The tender will be initiated on Sheffield's e-tendering portal, YORTender, in Autumn 2024. The Council aims to explore various activities for the new framework and seeks responses to shape requirements and determine the procurement strategy. This tender provides opportunities for organisations involved in providing daycare services for disabled children and young people, outward bounds activities, activity-based residential services, home-based short breaks, transitions services, and universal delivery. Businesses with experience in related fields and the capability to meet the specific needs of children with disabilities would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. Interested businesses should be prepared to offer innovative solutions to support the well-being and development of disabled children and young people. ## Notice Day time short breaks is currently commissioned via the Short Breaks Framework Agreement, due to end in March 2025. The tender for its replacement will be launched in Autumn 2024 on Sheffield's e-tendering portal, YORTender. We are considering a range of activities for the new Framework, some of which already exist and some new areas of development. The responses received will help us shape our requirements and determine the strategy we will take to achieve our desired outcome. ### Lot Information Daytime Short Breaks Daytime short breaks can be a combination of after school and weekends term time, and school holiday provision, and are between 2-5 hour sessions. Clubs run all year round, with some provision term time only, some holiday provision only and some a combination of both. There is potential to create a junior and senior club for different activity types. We commission dedicated group sessions and children are referred by Sheffield City Council only subject to meeting eligibility criteria. Outward Bounds Activities The aim of this type of short break is to provide an exciting alternative to a daytime short break, which gives children with a disability the opportunity to engage in new activities in new environments. These sessions require experienced qualified instructors, and adapted spaces and equipment. These types of activities are suited to school holidays, usually around 5 hours per day and can be a few days a week or blocked booked for weeks in advance. Activity-based Residential We'd like to explore residential (overnight) activity based short breaks in and around South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This would suit an outward bounds centre with accommodation, specifically if it has adaptations to support children with physical disabilities and can also accommodate staff and is secure and safe. Were also very interested in other types of organisations and activities that could offer activity based residential. Home-based Short Break Another potential opportunity is to provide a service to families in their own home; to allow parents and carers the opportunity leave their child at home with a carer who would engage in activities and meet the child's needs including any personal care needs accordingly. This service could potentially be after school, evenings and weekends for children aged 5-17 with a range of disabilities. This type of service would suit an organisation that has access to experienced consistent staff, who could work flexibly to suit the family's needs, either an agency or not for profit organisation/charity who runs similar services or a CQC registered Provider who could provide outreach. We do not offer breaks in school time during school terms, and are only interested in after school, weekends and school holidays. Transitions We want to provide dedicated Transitions short breaks for young people aged between 16 - 21/25. This would provide some stability for children as they engage in other transitions in their education and health care etc and provide targeted activities and experiences that combine social opportunities with learning key life skills for a more independent life as adults. These sessions need to be stimulating and fun, but also accommodate varying needs and abilities, and could run at weekends and school holidays. They could be activity-based services to engage young people initially then offer further transition specific activities. They are not intended to replace adult short breaks/day care services, and would start with a younger cohort, grow and adapt with the young people and bridge them into universal or targeted adult services as and when they are ready, taking away the transition point at 18. Universal Delivery Where assessed as appropriate, children with less complex needs would join in with universal sessions, with additional support where needed. This would be on a sport purchase (per child) basis to promote inclusion. This would suit organisations who deliver play care, community based sports activities, after school and holiday clubs, community based organised groups such as cubs and brownies, forest school etc, who have accessible spaces, and/or are open to making reasonable adjustments, and have access to experienced staff and an ethos of inclusion. Any other form of Short Break We are also keen to hear about any other type of support you think we should offer to children and families as part of the Short Breaks menu. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022327-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | 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 | 18 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Sep 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £4,000,000 | | 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 | SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | SHEFFIELD | | Post town | Sheffield | | Postcode | S1 4PL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE32 Sheffield | | Local authority | Sheffield | | Electoral ward | City | | Westminster constituency | Sheffield Central | | Delivery location | TLE3 South Yorkshire, TLE32 Sheffield, TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services - 85312120 - Daycare services for handicapped children and young people ## Release History - 18 Jul 2024 at 13:56 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022327-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://sheffield.gov.uk - https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/83898 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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