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Community Short Breaks for Disabled Children

Daycare services for disabled children and young people
South East (UKJ14)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published4
Procurement Intelligence
Published evidence · v1
Prepared 7 Sept 2026, 17:54 BST
A pre-calculated analytical view of official UK procurement facts, competition benchmarks and decision timelines.
Bid readiness
Review notice
Submission deadline not published
Check official notice for submission route
Scope structure
4lots
4 lots · 4 published items
1 published CPV family
Decision Velocity
~52 days
Typical sector award window after deadline
Sector median: 52 days
Contract lifecycle
Not published
No future linked contract end in retained records
No published extension signal
Pricing & Budget Savings
£1,136,094
Contract/award value: £1,136,094
7 award suppliers linked
Bidding Competition
13 bids
SME bid count not published
No bid spread metrics published
Sector Market Benchmark (CPV 85)
Based on 440 published procedures
Median Winning Discount
5.92%
Award reduction below published budget
Typical Bids Received
1 bidders
Median competitive participation in sector
Typical Evaluation Window
52 days
Median time between deadline and award
Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
SupplierAwards won in sectorTotal awarded valueAvg. winning discount
Chiltern Healthcare
445 contracts£589,385At ceiling / not disclosed
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Bellcare Domiciliary Care Services Ltd
300 contracts£232,055At ceiling / not disclosed
Mountbatton Care Limited
251 contracts£779,257At ceiling / not disclosed
Heritage Healthcare Milton Keynes
243 contracts£257,522At ceiling / not disclosed
Emiran HealthCare
228 contracts£251,448At ceiling / not disclosed
Twilight Years LTD
225 contracts£169,325At ceiling / not disclosed
Cumbria View Care Services Ltd
219 contracts£251,097At ceiling / not disclosed
Community Care Direct Limited
202 contracts£597,982At ceiling / not disclosed
St Gregorys Homecare Ltd
180 contracts£212,030At ceiling / not disclosed
Evidence coverage
7/12 core inputs published
Standard procedure facts
Comparable published opportunities
Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They are research comparables, not expected competitors or a price forecast.
Published procedurePublished valueMatching evidence
Market Engagement Event Follow Up for SEND Short Breaks and Personal Care Services for Children in the Bradford DistrictCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · 31 Dec 2025, 15:00 GMT
£23,634,704
same CPV family
matching published text
CP2632-25 Open Light Touch Framework for the Provision of Short Breaks for Disabled Children and Young People in DevonDevon County Council · 28 Jul 2026, 13:04 BST
£44,000,000
same CPV family
matching published text
Open Framework for the delivery of Short Break Activities and Personal Care Services for Children with Special Educational Needs and / or DisabilitiesCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council · 4 Mar 2026, 12:30 GMT
£23,634,704
same CPV family
matching published text
TD2370 - Community Short Breaks FrameworkDerby City Council · 21 May 2026, 15:34 BST
£1,000,000
same CPV family
matching published text
Provision of Children's Short Breaks Activities and Support (Aiming High)Staffordshire County Council · 23 Jul 2026, 06:57 BST
£900,000
same CPV family
matching published text
Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Values and dates are retained OCDS facts; missing source data remains unknown.
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Oxfordshire County Council: "Community Short Breaks for Disabled Children". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityOxfordshire County CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Oxfordshire County Council
Market Analytics
View Authority Profile →
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Oxfordshire County Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7.5Bids / Report (median)
10.3% of reports have one bid · Mean: 30.7 bids
Supplier ConcentrationLow Concentration
Endorphins Group LimitedTop vendor: 2.1% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 86 active published awards; 78 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable ValueAvg. Price Discount
Endorphins Group Limited3 wins£24,190,092—
The Gallery Trust Limited3 wins£479,430—
Detail Personnel Limited2 wins£140,000,000—
Connection Support2 wins£518,497—
Let's Play Project2 wins£189,128—
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOxfordshire County Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
Last source update24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationDaycare services for disabled children and young people
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04f7ec
What is being bought
Oxfordshire County Council is seeking tenders from suitably qualified providers to deliver Community based short breaks for disabled children and young people. The community short breaks provision is split into different types of activities (Lots) each lot is split geographically into Delivery Area 1, 2 and 3. Details of the delivery areas can be found in appendix 1 Service Specification within this Invitation to tender. The core service will consist of regular sessions to support children and young people to have consistent access to Short Breaks which offer a range of creative, flexible, fun and co-designed activities in local communities for children and young people with disabilities aged 5-18 This can be a combination of sessions after school, evening, weekends and in the school and college holidays. The Council would like to achieve a wide range of services and activities across the County within the following Lots which are: • Lot 1 After school activities. • Lot 2 Weekend and school holidays activities, • Lot 3 Evening activities and • Lot 4 Activities for Autistic Children and Young People, without a learning disability.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    After School Activities
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To provide a range of creative, flexible, fun and co-designed activities in local communities for disabled children and young people aged 5-18. We are looking for activities to be run between Mon – Fri during Oxfordshire School Term Dates for 1-3 hours. These Services can be designed to include, for example, social experiences in the community; sport and physical activity; experiences based on cookery, arts, crafts, design, dance, drama, and music; outdoor pursuits; technology and gaming; life skills; and preparing for adulthood. Providers can bid to run one or more of these services in one or more of the delivery areas in Oxfordshire depending on capacity. OCC will consider proposals to deliver in other geographical areas if a justification of needs can be made. The level of provision commissioned will depend on market capacity, quality and price demonstrated. OCC may at its sole discretion exceed or exceed or reduce this level of provision.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Weekend and school holiday activities
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To provide a range of creative, flexible fun and co-designed activities in local communities for disabled children and young people aged 5-18. This could include family events and include whole, half-day, and/or evening activities. Activities will run during the weekend year-round and weekdays outside of Oxfordshire Schools Term Dates. These Services can be designed to include, for example, social experiences in the community; sport and physical activity; experiences based on cookery, arts, crafts, design, dance, drama, and music; outdoor pursuits; technology and gaming; life skills; and preparing for adulthood. Providers can bid to run one or more of these services in one or more of the delivery areas in Oxfordshire depending on capacity. OCC will consider proposals to deliver in other geographical areas if a justification of needs can be made. The level of provision commissioned will depend on market capacity, quality and price demonstrated. OCC may at its sole discretion exceed or exceed or reduce this level of provision.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Evening Activities
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To provide a range of creative, flexible, fun and co-designed activities in local communities for disabled children and young people aged 11-18. We are looking for activities between Mon – Fri during Oxfordshire Schools Term Dates. These Services can be designed to include, for example, social experiences in the community; sport and physical activity; experiences based on cookery, arts, crafts, design, dance, drama, and music; outdoor pursuits; technology and gaming; life skills; and preparing for adulthood. Providers can bid to run one or more of these services in one or more of the delivery areas in Oxfordshire depending on capacity. OCC will consider proposals to deliver in other geographical areas if a justification of needs can be made. The level of provision commissioned will depend on market capacity, quality and price demonstrated. OCC may at its sole discretion exceed or exceed or reduce this level of provision.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Activities for Autistic Children and Young People, without a learning disability
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    To provide a range of creative, flexible, fun and co-designed activities in local communities for disabled children and young people with Autism within the age range of 5-18. We are looking for a range of activities for after school, weekend, holidays, and evenings. These Services can be designed to include, for example, social experiences in the community; sport and physical activity; experiences based on cookery, arts, crafts, design, dance, drama, and music; outdoor pursuits; technology and gaming; life skills; and preparing for adulthood. Providers can bid to run one or more of these services in one or more of the delivery areas in Oxfordshire depending on capacity. OCC will consider proposals to deliver in other geographical areas if a justification of needs can be made. The level of provision commissioned will depend on market capacity, quality and price demonstrated. OCC may at its sole discretion exceed or exceed or reduce this level of provision.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    24 Mar 2025, 13:53 GMT
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  13. Award unsuccessful
    Not published · Not published
  14. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £30,000
  15. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £40,880
  16. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £57,472
  17. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £22,199
  18. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £270,504
  19. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £98,639
  20. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £160,092
  21. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £186,727
  22. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £90,489
  23. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £101,000
  24. Contract active
    Signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · £78,092
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Endorphins Group Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Autism Family Support Oxfordshire
Not published · Not published · active
Sportsworks Limited
Not published · Not published · active
The Gallery Trust Limited
Not published · Not published · active
The Gallery Trust Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Let's Play Project
Not published · Not published · active
Endorphins Group Limited
Not published · Not published · active
The Gallery Trust Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Let's Play Project
Not published · Not published · active
The Parasol Project
Not published · Not published · active
The Yellow Submarine Holidays Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Evening Activities
Not published · Not published · unsuccessful
Contracts
After School Activites
£30,000 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Activities for Autistic Children and Young People, without a learning disability
£40,880 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Activities for Autistic Children and Young People, without a learning disability
£57,472 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Activities for Autistic Children and Young People, without a learning disability
£22,199 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
After School Activities
£270,504 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
After School Activities
£98,639 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Weekend and School Holiday Activities
£160,092 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Weekend and School Holiday Activities
£186,727 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Weekend and School Holiday Activities
£90,489 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Weekend and School Holiday Activities
£101,000 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Weekend and School Holiday Activities
£78,092 · signed 1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 5 (lot 1)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
bids: 13 (lot 2)
bids: 6 (lot 4)
bids: 6 (lot 4)
bids: 6 (lot 4)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Oxfordshire County Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-83
View buyer profile

  • Oxfordshire County Council
    buyer

    County Hall, Oxford, UKJ14, OX1 1ND
    Priscilla.Oparemintah@oxfordshire.gov.uk
    +44 10000000

  • Autism Family Support Oxfordshire
    supplier

    Abingdon, UKJ14, OX14 3GD

  • Endorphins Group Limited
    supplier

    Halifax, UKJ14, HX1 1HX

  • Let's Play Project
    supplier

    Banbury, UKJ14, OX17 3JL

  • Oxfordshire County Council
    reviewBody

    Oxford, OX1 1ND

  • Sportsworks Limited
    supplier

    Cumbria, UKJ14, LA8 8LD

  • The Gallery Trust Limited
    supplier

    Oxford, UKJ14, OX4 4DU

  • The Parasol Project
    supplier

    Oxford, UKJ14, OX3 9RG

  • The Yellow Submarine Holidays Limited
    supplier

    Oxford, UKJ14, OX1 1HH
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