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title: "Overnight Short Break Services for Children with Disabilities"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/overnight-short-break-services-for-children-with-disabilities-ocds-h6vhtk-05612c"
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# Overnight Short Break Services for Children with Disabilities

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/overnight-short-break-services-for-children-with-disabilities-ocds-h6vhtk-05612c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Northumberland County Council: "Overnight Short Break Services for Children with Disabilities". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Northumberland County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumberland-county-council-ons-e06000057)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 August 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC21
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/overnight-short-break-services-for-children-with-disabilities-ocds-h6vhtk-05612c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05612c`

## 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/overnight-short-break-services-for-children-with-disabilities-ocds-h6vhtk-05612c#tl-md)

## Description
The aim of the service will be to offer a specialist short break service to children and young people aged from 6 - 18 years old who have moderate to severe learning disabilities and additional complex needs including challenging behaviour, Epilepsy, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, physical disabilities, communication difficulties and complex health needs such as gastrostomies.
Whilst individual need will differ the objective of the service will be to:
Enable children and young people to access social and leisure opportunities.
Support children and young people to develop their life skills and independence as well as developing personal safety skills and managing self-care.
Enable family carers to take a break from their caring role.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2025 to 31/08/2028

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F041301-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-18T12:31:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T00:24:07.073Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05612c