--- title: "Learning Disability Rolling Breaks" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e656" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e656" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e656.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e656.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "Bristol City Council" published: "2026-08-18" --- # Learning Disability Rolling Breaks Buyer: Bristol City Council Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e656 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06e656) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06e656.json) ## Summary Bristol City Council commissioned overnight short-break and respite services for adults with a learning disability and/or autism who have high, complex or multiple needs, potentially alongside mental health needs, and who live in the community. The service is intended to support individuals to achieve their personal outcomes. This is a health and social work services requirement, covering delivery in the Bristol area. The council is the buyer and the selected provider is Milestones Trust, a Bristol-based organisation. The requirement concerns residential and nursing care provision under the council’s Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, specifically its residential and nursing care homes route. The service is therefore suited to providers able to deliver specialist overnight support rather than general leisure, accommodation or daytime care services. The procurement is complete and has resulted in an active award and contract. Bristol City Council used a limited procedure with a direct award from its internal Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, without prior publication of a competition notice. The stated rationale was that the procurement fell outside the relevant directive’s scope. The requirement was evaluated on price. The lot itself is recorded as cancelled, while the award to Milestones Trust is active. One bid was recorded. The contract value is £617,721 for one year, with an optional further 12-month extension valued at £617,721. The contract was signed on 3 July 2026. No separate award date or contract end date is provided. This procurement demonstrates Bristol City Council’s demand for specialist overnight respite and short-break support for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism whose needs may be high, complex, multiple or linked to mental health. A credible future provider would need the operational capability to support people living in the community, manage complex care and behavioural or health-related needs, and deliver safe overnight provision in a residential or nursing care setting. It would also need to evidence a person-centred service focused on individual outcomes, alongside the staffing, safeguarding and care-management capacity required for continuity of support. The route used here is significant: the council made a direct award from its internal Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, so framework participation and the ability to meet its provider requirements would be central to competing for comparable work. ## Notice Contract for overnight short break/respite services for adults with a learning disability and/or autism with high, complex and/or multiple needs that may also include mental health who are living in the community. The service will enable individuals to achieve their personal outcomes. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The procurement route to market for this project was a direct award from an internal Framework: Adult Social Care Providers Single Framework, Lot 2 Residential and Nursing Care Homes. Options: The contract is for 1 year with a value of PS617,721. There is an optional extension for 12 months with a value of PS617,721. ### Procurement Information Direct award from an internal Framework - no prior notice required ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078436-2026 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 3 Jul 2026 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £617,721 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | Bristol City Council | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Postcode area | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5TR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | TLK11 Bristol, City of | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | Milestones Trust | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 18 Aug 2026 at 11:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078436-2026 ## Notice URLs - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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