--- title: "CWC24095 - Outreach Short Breaks Service for children and young people with SEND aged 2-18 years" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e754" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e754" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e754.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e754.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL" published: "2025-02-21" --- # CWC24095 - Outreach Short Breaks Service for children and young people with SEND aged 2-18 years Buyer: WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e754 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04e754) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04e754.json) ## Summary Wolverhampton City Council is initiating a tender for the contract titled "CWC24095 - Outreach Short Breaks Service for children and young people with SEND aged 2-18 years," falling under the industry category of social work and related services (CPV code 85300000). The tender is in the active stage and follows the open procurement method. Located in the West Midlands region (UKG), the tender offers two lots: Lot One for at home and/or community support and Lot Two for group-based community activities. The tender period ends on 20th March 2025 at 12:00 PM GMT, with the contract period running from 1st June 2025 to 31st May 2032. The procurement follows the Light Touch Regime principles within the Public Frameworks Regulations 2015. This tender provides substantial opportunities for businesses involved in social care and community support services, particularly those experienced in working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Companies specializing in home-based care as well as those delivering group-based community activities are well-suited to compete. The framework agreement, designed to ensure transparency and equal treatment, may particularly attract medium-sized enterprises that can handle extensive service delivery across multiple locations. The procurement's long-term contract period also presents a stable and continuous business growth opportunity. ## Notice The Outreach Short Breaks Service is a specialist provision providing home-based and community-based support to children and young people assessed as eligible by the SEND FHS. This service specification has two separate Lots. Lot One: At home and/or community support Provide care to a child or young person with medium or high needs at home, or to support with accessing community facilities. Lot Two: Group based community activities Provide group-based community activities for children and young people with medium or complex needs. The procurement is for services which are considered Light Touch Regime (LTR) services under the Public Frameworks Regulations 2015, as specified in Schedule 3 of the Regulations ("Regulations"). Accordingly, the Council is only bound by those parts of the Regulations detailed in Chapter 3 'Particular Procurement Regimes Section 7, Social and Other Specific Services' 74 to 76 of the Public Frameworks Regulations 2015. The Council is not voluntarily following any other part of the Regulations. The procedure which the Council is following is set out within this ITT. The agreement is based upon the basic principles of a framework agreement, and although there are some similar aspects, it does not fully operate in the same way as outlined in regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations (2015). The Local Authority will create a "pseudo framework agreement" (based on CCS guidance) and have set out clearly how we intend to operate the framework agreement from the outset through the OJEU notice, Tender Document and Call-off Schedule, which also details the timeline for when it will be reopened. This meets the duty of transparency and equal treatment, which are the main guidelines to follow when setting up an LTR framework ### Lot Information At home and/or community support A service that provides care to a child or young person with medium or complex needs at home, or to support with accessing community facilities. Group based community activities A service that provides group-based community activities for children and young people with medium or complex needs. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006989-2025 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Feb 2025 | | Submission deadline | 20 Mar 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 May 2025 - 31 May 2032 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | £3,236,450 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WOLVERHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | WOLVERHAMPTON | | Post town | Wolverhampton | | Postcode | WV1 1RL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG39 Wolverhampton | | Local authority | Wolverhampton | | Electoral ward | St Peters | | Westminster constituency | Wolverhampton West | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services ## Release History - 21 Feb 2025 at 16:18 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006989-2025 ## Notice URLs - http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk - http://www.wolverhamptontenders.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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