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Short Breaks and support services for disabled children, young people and their families

London Borough of Camden · Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 02:58.

Opportunity overview

This is a Preliminary Market Engagement to notify suppliers that Camden and Islington Councils are exploring the opportunity to jointly procure Short Breaks and support services for disabled children, young people and their families. The Short Breaks service offers targeted support for disabled children and young people whose needs cannot be met in mainstream settings and who need more specialist help due to their disability. The services help to ensure that disabled children and young people have an opportunity to succeed and to reach their potential, while providing respite for families and carers.

Classification

  • CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

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
ocds-h6vhtk-0521e0
Status
planned
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
031252-2025
Description
The inclusion of Islington Council has been emphasised and a new link to the project on ProContracts has been added and previous link below removed: https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/Advert/AdvertSummary?projectId=948f78bc-a33c-f011-8136-005056b64545&projectStepId=988f78bc-a33c-f011-8136-005056b64545 Organisations who may have previously registered interested should re-register using the new links provided.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Sept 2025, 23:59

Special regime

lightTouch

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planned
Has Renewal
Yes

Suitability

Sme
Yes
Vcse
Yes

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2026, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Entry 2
Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health and social work services

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
026118-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
23 May 2025, 12:05
Entry 2
Id
029425-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
3 Jun 2025, 10:50
Entry 3
Id
031252-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
10 Jun 2025, 13:20

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
18 Jun 2025, 23:59
Description
The market engagement event will be held on Wednesday 18th June at 10:30am - 12:30pm on Microsoft Teams to discuss future commissioning of short break provisions for our children with disabilities. Both boroughs seek to appoint a number of providers to the Framework. Our core Short Breaks offer will consist of regular sessions to support children and young people with disabilities to have regular access to a provision which offers a range of creative, stimulating, fun and co-designed activities within our local communities including support to access mainstream activities for Children and Young People the overarching aim being for our Children to build self-esteem and confidence to help them reach their potential. Short Breaks will be a combination of sessions after school, evening, weekends and during school and college holidays. The aim of the Market Engagement event is to provide information to prospective bidders about our children's needs and the proposed lots. We are seeking to gain feedback especially around gaps in provision, the proposed lots and potential barriers to service delivery. Additionally, we also want to receive feedback about our Boroughs joint commissioning the Short Breaks Framework. It is our aim to have a Short Break offer for Children 0-18/19 which will be a combination of community outreach and group-based activities and a support offer for their families. For Children aged 0-5 in Camden, we seek to commission a Portage type service to support families to develop a quality of life for themselves which includes participation within their own community and stay and play group activities. For Children aged 5-12, we seek to commission a combination of both community outreach and group-based activities that which takes account of individual children's needs and desires in safe and friendly environments that provides opportunities for Children to play and socialise with their peers. We also seek to commission a Youth offer that will be a combination of community outreach and group based that will deliver: - • skills-based activities to enable children to develop and pursue their personal interests, aspirations and build on their talents through a variety of opportunities such as computer skills, art, gardening, cooking, drama, music and sports • social activities which are co-designed and understanding individual children's needs • Activities which support young people to prepare for adulthood such as independent living skills, money management, travel training and being healthy. During the Market Engagement event, we will share information with participants pertaining to the numbers and needs of our children, the prospective Lots and types of provision we are considering for the contracts and the budget envelope. We would like to understand from providers: - - What barriers and opportunities there will be in commissioning short breaks - Feedback on the proposed Lots and anything further we should consider - Thoughts on the proposed contract price - Participants view of joint commissioning the contracts - Any further aims and objectives Short Break contracts should include. If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to attend the Market Engagement event, please complete and return the registration form through ProContracts (project reference number DN776561 or email helen.mannion@camden.gov.uk New link to ProContracts: https://procontract.due-north.com/RFx/RFxSummary?rfxId=6afaa066-f045-f011-8138-005056b64545&markSuppliersIncomplete=False

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PZXL-5842-VBBG
Name
London Borough of Camden

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI31
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC1H 9JE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Town Hall, Judd Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PZXL-5842-VBBG
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Helen Mannion
Organisation 2
Id
GB-PPON-PBMD-2513-CWJJ
Name
London Borough of Islington

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI43
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
N1 2UD
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, Islington

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PBMD-2513-CWJJ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Alan Loviette

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI31 · WC1H 9JE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI31 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0521e0-2025-06-10T13:20:03+01:00Pipeline notice on Find a Tender ·