--- title: "Day respite services for children\\young people in school holidays" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL" published: "2024-05-24" --- # Day respite services for children\young people in school holidays Buyer: EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454.json) ## Summary The East Lothian Council is planning a procurement process for day respite services for children and young people in school holidays. The provision aims to support families by offering respite from caring responsibilities and providing structured activities for children with complex needs. Interested providers need to submit notes of interest by 13 June 2024. The planned procurement stage involves market research, and the future notice date for communication with potential providers is set for 4 November 2024. This tender by East Lothian Council for day respite services offers an opportunity for businesses catering to children's services, social care, and activities for young people to compete. Providers capable of delivering services for children aged 5-18 with complex needs in group settings would be well-suited. The procurement focuses on enhancing social opportunities and meeting specific outcomes for children in East Lothian during school holidays. ## Notice East Lothian Council is seeking notes of interest from suitably experienced providers in relation to provision of day respite services for children\young people in East Lothian in school holidays. In keeping with The Promise and UNCRC, East Lothian Council would like to provide a service to children, young people and their families scaffolding support, providing respite from caring responsibilities, increasing resilience and likelihood of families remaining together. The provision would recognise the additional value to siblings and parents/ carers beyond the direct delivery of service to children and young people. It would be envisaged the provision would take the form of a group setting enhancing social opportunities for children and young people as well as providing structured activities to children and young people where mainstream activity would not be able to meet their needs. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The service provision will require to meet outcomes for children and young people age 5-18 with severe, complex and enduring needs. It would be envisaged the provision would take the form of a group setting enhancing social opportunities for children and young people as well as providing structured activities to children and young people where mainstream activity would not be able to meet their needs. It is projected that the provision would facilitate a service for around 10 -15 children from East Lothian and would provide a service during a significant part of the summer school holidays as well as Easter and October holiday periods. As part of its market research and engagement the Council is interested in hearing from Providers who have successfully delivered day respite\playscheme or similar or are able to propose alternative approaches to meet outcomes in the above holiday day respite context.. Interested providers should note interest in this notice and the Council may then contact you for further information as part of its market research process. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY505916 | | Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information 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 | 24 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 4 Nov 2024 | | 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 | EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL | | Locality | HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH41 3HA | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian | | Local authority | East Lothian | | Electoral ward | Haddington and Lammermuir | | Westminster constituency | Lothian East | | Delivery location | TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 55243000 - Children's holiday-camp services - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85312120 - Daycare services for handicapped children and young people ## Release History - 24 May 2024 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY505916 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY505916 Day respite services for children\young people in school holidays - East Lothian Council is seeking notes of interest from suitably experienced providers in relation to provision of day respite services for children\young people in East Lothian in school holidays. In keeping with The Promise and UNCRC, East Lothian Council would like to provide a service to children, young people and their families scaffolding support, providing respite from caring responsibilities, increasing resilience and likelihood of families remaining together. The provision would recognise the additional value to siblings and parents/ carers beyond the direct delivery of service to children and young people. It would be envisaged the provision would take the form of a group setting enhancing social opportunities for children and young people as well as providing structured activities to children and young people where mainstream activity would not be able to meet their needs. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=767454 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000767454.json.