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Request for Information - Children and Young People’s SEND Short Breaks

Health and social work services
Location not published
Published value
£20,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Buckinghamshire Council: "Request for Information - Children and Young People’s SEND Short Breaks". Published status: planning. Published value: £20,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBuckinghamshire CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planning
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£20,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Buckinghamshire Council
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Buckinghamshire 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
9Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD Top vendor: 96.8% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 35 active published awards; 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD 1 win£50,000,000
Family Fund Trading Limited1 win£1,649,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBuckinghamshire Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanning
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
Last source update27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-068be3
What is being bought
The overall aim of the project is to put in place a fit for purpose, improved accessibility and value for money short breaks service which is suitable for the needs of children and young people and their families. Short Breaks are designed to: • Support CYP with SEND to access meaningful activities, develop independence and social connections • Provide carers with essential, planned respite • Offer a mix of community based and specialist provision across daytime, evening, weekend and overnight settings. It is currently proposed that there will be a 5-year delivery timeline with service delivery starting on 1st April 2028, and the initial term ending on 31st March 2033. Extension options are possible. It is proposed that the indicative cost of the service will be £4 million per annum.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £20,000,000
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
  2. Status changed to planning
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 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
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
  2. Procedure published
    27 Apr 2026, 15:35 BST
  3. engagement
    18 May 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Request for information questionnaire to test the market
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Buckinghamshire Council

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PCLJ-2677-YQXD
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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