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Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention Framework

Administrative educational services
Child daycare services
Daycare services
+11 more
South West (UKK14)
Published value
£10,121,448
Submission deadline 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Lots published5
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Swindon Borough Council: "Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention Framework". Published status: active. Published value: £10,121,448. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySwindon Borough CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£10,121,448
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Swindon Borough Council
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Published history for Swindon Borough Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
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Competition Density
10.6Bids / Report
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Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Coverage: 87 active published awards; 83 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. Price reduction 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySwindon Borough Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusactive
Framework / DPSFramework
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published30 Mar 2026, 15:27 BST
Last source update30 Mar 2026, 15:27 BST
Recurring procurementNo
ClassificationAdministrative educational services, Child daycare services, Daycare services, Daycare services for disabled children and young people, Education and training services, Health and social work services, Operation of an educational centre, Primary education services, Secondary education services, Social work and related services, Social work services without accommodation, Training services, Welfare services for children and young people, Welfare services for disabled people
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04cd0e
What is being bought
Swindon Borough Council is seeking to commission suitably qualified and experience service providers to join their framework. This is the annual reopening of the contract initially commissioned in May 2025 for 4 years with this being the 2nd year of the framework. Contract Notice: 2024/S 000-041583 refers. Swindon Borough Council are re-opening their framework of providers to provide services against education Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention services. The requirement is being divided into lots where providers can apply for any lot. Clarifications will close 12:00noon on 15th April 2026. The tender will close for submissions 12:00noon on 22nd April 2026. Lots are: Lot 1 Alternative Provision - Swindon Borough Council is seeking a suite of providers to deliver services to children who are not in mainstream education and to prioritise seeking the return of children back into schools setting. Lot 2 Short Breaks - Specialist services - Providing services to help children with very specialist needs Lot 3 Short Breaks - Inclusion- Providing services to help children integrate into everyday activity Lot 4 Short Breaks - Overnight respite- providing overnight respite for carers of children with these needs Lot 5 - Early intervention - providing services which help prevent children going into more advanced care solutions Existing providers do not need to reapply, unless applying for a different lot. Full details relating to the Services are provided in the tender documents.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    30 Mar 2026, 15:27 BST
  2. Submission deadline changed to 22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
    30 Mar 2026, 15:27 BST
  3. Published value updated to £10,121,448
    30 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
  4. Status changed to active
    30 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    30 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
  6. Submission deadline changed to 27 Jan 2025, 14:00 GMT
    30 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
  7. Buyer information updated
    30 Dec 2024, 11:27 GMT
Lots and requirements (5)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Alternative Provision
    active
    Published value£7,946,200
    Swindon Borough Council is seeking a suite of providers to deliver services to children who need to access Alternative Provision and to prioritise seeking the return of children back into schools setting.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Short Breaks - Inclusion
    active
    Published value£1,173,600
    Providing Short Break services to help children with very specialist needs
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #3
    Short Breaks Inclusion
    active
    Published value£33,600
    Providing services to help children integrate into everyday activity
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #4
    Short Breaks Overnight Respite
    active
    Published value£457,600
    providing overnight respite for carers of children with these needs
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 5 · #5
    Early Intervention
    active
    Published valueNot published
    providing services which help prevent children going into more advanced care solutions
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    30 Mar 2026, 15:27 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Swindon Borough Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-763
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Documents (2)
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