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Gloucestershire County Council - Market Engagement - Short Breaks

Health and social work services
South West (UKK13)
Published value
£4,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Gloucestershire County Council-: "Gloucestershire County Council - Market Engagement - Short Breaks". Published status: planning. Published value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire County Council-Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£4,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Gloucestershire County Council-
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Gloucestershire County Council-. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
17.6%Historical Average
Based on 6 comparable awards
Competition Density
7.5Bids / Report
17.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
PEOPLEPLUS GROUP LIMITEDTop vendor: 53.5% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 45 active published awards; 41 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
PEOPLEPLUS GROUP LIMITED1 win£7,803,600
GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG CARERS PROJECT1 win£3,116,008
BUCKLAND CARE LIMITED1 win£1,241,000
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CARE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED1 win£416,000
@HOMEDENTAL LIMITED1 win£357,330
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGloucestershire County Council-
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
Last source update5 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery area
South West (UKK13)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058f73
What is being bought
Gloucestershire County Council is seeking to engage with the market regarding the future provision of Short Breaks services for children and young people with disabilities and their families. As part of our engagement for the re-commissioning of Short Breaks, we'll be hosting a series of Focus Group sessions. If you would like to attend one of the focus groups, please email Paul.Cooke@gloucestershire.gov.uk to book a place. There are limited spaces and we ask that only one person from each organisation books on. Focus Groups Sessions: Thursday, 29th January: 14:00 - 15:30 - Theme: Transport - Venue: Shire Hall, Gloucester Monday, 2nd February: 13:00 - 14:30 - Theme Inclusion - Venue: Shire Hall, Gloucester Thursday, 5th February: 10:00 – 11:30 - Theme Transitions - Venue: Shire Hall, Gloucester Tuesday, 10th February: 9:00 -10:30 - Theme Complex Care - Venue: Shire Hall, Gloucester
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    5 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
  2. Published value updated to £4,000,000
    28 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
  3. Status changed to planning
    28 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    28 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    28 Aug 2025, 14:32 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planning
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    5 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    5 Jan 2026, 15:03 GMT
  3. engagement
    1 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Understand provider perspectives on short breaks. Ensure alignment with current market conditions and improve the short break market. Shape a deliverable and commercially realistic commissioning model to re-tender. Engagement Approach: The engagement window will run from July 2025 to July 2026. Activities will include: Structured feedback from providers, including surveys, drop in sessions, forums, one-to-one provider discussions, focus groups and open invitation to providers interested in short breaks.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Gloucestershire County Council-

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PZHT-7473-ZVPN
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published