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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

I-4573: Adult Short Break Service

Oxfordshire County Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 25 Sept 2026, 23:52.

Opportunity overview

The Adult Short Breaks Service is designed to provide respite care for adults with learning disabilities or profound and multiple learning disabilities. The service aims to support individuals by offering person-centered, outcome-focused care that empowers them to live a good life. The service will also provide their family carers with a break from their caring responsibilities. The service may include both building-based and outreach support, allowing flexibility in how care is delivered. The service may also offer emergency placements when assessed as necessary. The Adult Short Breaks Service is expected to support a minimum of 170 people per year, operating 24/7 to ensure continuous support for those in need. UK1: Pipeline notice publication number: 2025/S 000-022174. The contract period includes an approximately 12 week mobilisation period from contract commencement to commencement of service delivery. The contract period will continue for 5 years from commencement of service delivery, with an option for the Council to extend the contract period by a further 3 years in aggregate.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

HIGHER HEIGHT CARE LTD

Matched by number
Published award value
£9.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH 12732231
Location
Milton Keynes, UKJ12, MK2 2RU, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN796011
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
A UK2 was published in respect of this contract at 10.50am on 31 October 2025. Erroneously, no UK4 was published. 7 organisations attended market engagement. 123 potential participants expressed an interest in the procurement exercise at tender stage. 42 potential participants indicated an intend to submit a bid. 22 bidders submitted a response. Save for the absence of a UK4, Oxfordshire County Council followed a compliant competitive tendering procedure within section 20 of the Procurement Act 2023, and a preferred bidder has been selected from amongst the 22 bidders who submitted a response. Assessment summaries have been circulated. Oxfordshire County Council intends to award the contract to its preferred bidder 30 days from the date of publication of the instant notice. A standstill period has already run and there will be no further standstill period. The dates for future actions in this transparency notice are estimates. The steps in question will be taken on or after the estimated dates, but not before. Owing to the publication of a UK2 and the high number of expressions of interest, Oxfordshire County Council considers it to be likely that this procurement exercise was drawn to the attention of all potential bidders, and further that no potential bidder would be denied a proper opportunity to seek a remedy under section 103 of the Procurement Act 2023 as a result of the absence of a UK4. Oxfordshire County Council is nevertheless publishing this transparency notice in order to ensure that its intention to award this contract is drawn to the attention of any bidder who, contrary to its expectations, would be denied a proper opportunity to seek a pre-contractual remedy within the meaning of section 103 of the Procurement Act 2023. Oxfordshire County Council is using UK5 for this notice. Constraints upon the use of this form mean that it can only be used in certain specific circumstances, including to indicate either a direct award within ss.41-42 of the Procurement Act 2023, or switching to direct award under section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023. Because of these constraints, this form will on the face of it show that Oxfordshire County Council is switching to direct award. As observed above, however, but for the absence of a UK4, Oxfordshire County Council has in fact followed a compliant competitive tendering procedure.
Published risks
None

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

lightTouch

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
switchingDirectAward

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Oxfordshire County Council
Id
GB-PPON-PZNW-8281-MHNM

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZNW-8281-MHNM

Address

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

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
HIGHER HEIGHT CARE LTD
Id
GB-COH-12732231

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
12732231

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVPL-8943-YPPW

Address

Street Address
124 -126 124 -126 Queensway
Locality
Milton Keynes
Postal Code
MK2 2RU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ12

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Adult Short Break Service
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Has Renewal
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
85100000
Description
Health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
11,509,248
Amount
9,591,040
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-12732231
Name
HIGHER HEIGHT CARE LTD

Contract period

Starts
19 Sept 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2032, 23:59
Max Extent Date
3 Jan 2035, 23:59

Renewal

Description
Option to extend by 3 years in aggregate. For the avoidance of doubt, the dates for future actions in this transparency notice are estimates. The steps in question will be taken on or after the estimated dates, but not before.

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
078317-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Aug 2026, 20:09
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
17 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 078317-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·