Awarded· 31 Mar 2024
Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children
Oxfordshire County Council · Oxford, South East
Oxfordshire County Council has awarded Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford.
Source: Find a Tender, published 4 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2024
Contract awarded
Action for Children
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 11:50
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About this tender
In brief
Oxfordshire County Council has awarded Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children. It is a contract for other health and social care in Oxford. The contract went to Action for Children. It was awarded on 31 March 2024. The contract value is £11,900,000.
It is run as an open procedure. Find a Tender published it on 4 April 2025. The notice number is 013073-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04fd4b.
Summary of the contracting process
Oxfordshire County Council has completed the procurement process for "Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children," classified under welfare services for children and young people (CPV code 85311300). This service aims to provide essential overnight and daytime short breaks for children with complex disabilities, including those with health needs requiring nursing care.
The contract, awarded to Action for Children Limited, is set for a duration of five years with an optional extension of two years. The service will be available in Oxfordshire, specifically in Banbury and central Oxford. The contract, valued at £11,900,000, was officially signed on 1 April 2024.
The notice in full
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.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
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.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Action for Children
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Open
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
Values
- Contracts value
- £11,900,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 013073-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04fd4b
- CPV code
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX1 1ND
- Electoral ward
- Osney & St Thomas
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Delivery area
- Oxfordshire CC
- Region
- South East
- Sub-region
- Oxfordshire CC
- Area
- Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Oxfordshire County Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Ms Priscilla Opare Mintah
- Phone
- +44 10000000
- Address
- Oxford, OX1 1ND · South East · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Action for Children
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children
Who won the Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children contract?
Oxfordshire County Council awarded the contract to Action for Children on 31 March 2024.
How much is the Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children contract worth?
The contract value is £11,900,000.
Who is the buyer for Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children?
Oxfordshire County Council, based in Oxford, South East. The named contact is Ms Priscilla Opare Mintah, on +44 10000000.
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