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Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children

Oxfordshire County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

The Council and ICB seek to commission an Overnight Short Breaks Service which will provide overnight short breaks (and some daytime) for children and young people each year who are living with very complex disabilities and who may have health needs which require the support and care of a nurse. The length of the contract will be for five years with the option to extend for an additional two years. Through the commissioning of the Service detailed in this Specification, the Council seeks to ensure the local availability of overnight accommodation and support in Oxfordshire to meet the needs of disabled children in Oxfordshire. The Provider will ensure overnights residential Short Breaks is to be available across two buildings. One in the North of the County (Banbury) and one in central Oxford.

Awarded to

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Action for Children Limited

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£11.9m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
31 Mar 2024
Award ID
013073-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Watford, UKJ14, WD18 8AG, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85311300 — Welfare services for children and young people

Lots

  • The Council provides a range of short breaks for Disabled Children this kind of care is essential to support Disabled Children to live at home. It is well-recognised that raising a child with a disability can place additional pressures on families which exceed the everyday pressures faced by all families raising children. This pressure can arise because of the complexity of the social, education and health care needs experienced by a disabled child, as well as the limitations of some mainstream services which are unable to provide the necessary support to meet the needs of disabled children and young people. The Overnight Residential Short Breaks Service is required to provide care for 11 overnight beds per night available across two sites (6 from Viking in Oxford and 5 from Sycamore in Banbury). This equates to 149 overnight respite sessions per month and 1788 bed nights per year.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN681358
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85311300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Welfare services for children and young people

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
The Council provides a range of short breaks for Disabled Children this kind of care is essential to support Disabled Children to live at home. It is well-recognised that raising a child with a disability can place additional pressures on families which exceed the everyday pressures faced by all families raising children. This pressure can arise because of the complexity of the social, education and health care needs experienced by a disabled child, as well as the limitations of some mainstream services which are unable to provide the necessary support to meet the needs of disabled children and young people. The Overnight Residential Short Breaks Service is required to provide care for 11 overnight beds per night available across two sites (6 from Viking in Oxford and 5 from Sycamore in Banbury). This equates to 149 overnight respite sessions per month and 1788 bed nights per year.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
62%
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
12%
Criterion 3
Type
price
Description
26%

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-83
Name
Oxfordshire County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKJ14
Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX1 1ND
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Oxfordshire County Council

Contact

Name
Ms Priscilla Opare Mintah
Telephone
+44 10000000
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-142975
Name
Action for Children Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ14
Locality
Watford
Postal Code
WD18 8AG
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Action for Children Limited
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-7781
Name
Oxfordshire County Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Oxford
Postal Code
OX1 1ND
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Oxfordshire County Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
013073-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-142975
Name
Action for Children Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
013073-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
013073-2025-1
Date Signed
1 Apr 2024, 00:00

Value

Amount
11,900,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Oxford · UKJ14 · OX1 1ND · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ14

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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