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# Community Buddy Scheme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-buddy-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-042baf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hampshire County Council: "Community Buddy Scheme". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Feb 2024, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Hampshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hampshire-county-council-ons-e10000014)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 February 2024 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ, UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042baf`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-buddy-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-042baf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fhampshire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/community-buddy-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-042baf#participate

## Description
Hampshire County Council Children's Services delivers the Community Buddy Scheme as part of the council's Short Breaks offer. The Community Buddy Scheme enables children and young people with a disability or additional needs, to access their local community or support them to take part in activities or groups of their choosing within their local community. The support given by a Community Buddy enables a child or young person to experience their community or an activity/club without their parent or carer. Accessing the community can take many different forms and could include (but is not limited to); shopping, exploring public transport or making use of community spaces such as parks.
This framework was procured as a light touch procurement under section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations however there were technical issues with the find a tender system so the notices have been published under F02/F03.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** The procurement route will be based on an Open Procedure process; details are confirmed in the ITT instructions.
An initial contract period of 2 years is proposed. The contract start date will be from 01 April 2024.
There is an option to extend for 1...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 008916-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Contractor information is held on Hampshire County Council's procurement page: https://www.hants.gov.uk/business/procurement/childrens-services-open-framework-contractors The reference number is: CS21764**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-108376`
  - Value: £250,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008916-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £250,000
  - Signed Date: 08/02/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008916-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-19T17:03:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:19:31.553Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042baf