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Published 16 Jul 2025, 12:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Residential Short Breaks · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: South Gloucestershire Council (Local council)

Direct awardLight touch regimeSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South West (UKK12)
Awarded value£1,308,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 11 Jul 2025no call for competition
Awarded to ACTION FOR CHILDREN, Action For Children

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Residential (overnight) short breaks for children and young people with disabilities, provided at an Ofsted-registered children’s home within South Gloucestershire.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE
Delivery: South WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
85000000 Health and social work services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
16 Jul 2025, 12:29 BST
Last source update
17 Jul 2025, 13:25 BST
Authority reference
DN782374
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-040935
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
South West (UKK12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056043 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

This interim contract is being directly awarded on the grounds of unavoidable urgency, following unexpected notice of early termination of a 2.5 year contract by the incumbent provider. Immediate re-procurement of the service was identified as the best option for the council and NHS to continue to fulfil its joint, statutory responsibility to provide short breaks for disabled children.

The interim direct award is for 24 months, to bring service stability and provide consistency of care for families. During this period joint commissioners will undertake a flexible, competitive process to re-procure a longer-term provider of residential short breaks services in South Gloucestershire.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 12:29 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    17 Jul 2025, 13:25 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £1,308,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ACTION FOR CHILDRENVCSE, Action For ChildrenVCSEjoint award3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2027£1,308,000 inc. VAT11 Jul 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

South Gloucestershire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PCMC-1241-BLJQ Council Offices, Badminton Road, Yate, South West, BS37 5AFContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • ACTION FOR CHILDRENAwarded supplierGB-CHC: PHMD-4898-GRNZ 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, East of England, WD18 8AGContact email
  • ACTION FOR CHILDRENAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHMD-4898-GRNZ 3 The Boulevard, Ascot Road, Watford, East of England, WD18 8AGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender