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RHONDDA CYNON TAF RESIDENTIAL SHORT BREAKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A PERMANENT AND/OR SUBSTANTIAL DISABILITY

Buyer: Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC →

BuyerRhondda Cynon Taf CBC
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
Value£4,656,787
Published18 Aug 2026

What is being bought

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council intends to directly award a contract for the provision of residential short breaks for children and young people with a permanent and/or substantial disability. The service provides specialist, regulated respite care for families supported by the Disabled Children’s Team and includes planned residential short breaks, emergency placements where required. The Council is not publishing the potential provider of the services nor the contract value within this notice. Both shall be published in the following UK6 notice.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleIn Febuary 2026 the Council published a Market Engagement Notice (UK2) to identify potential providers of teh services. The market engagement exercise did not identify any alternative providers able or willing to deliver the full scope of the requirements. On this basis, and having regard to the absence of competition for technical reasons and the absence of reasonable alternatives, the direct award is considered justified under Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

RHONDDA CYNON TAF RESIDENTIAL SHORT BREAKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A PERMANENT AND/OR SUBSTANTIAL DISABILITY

Statuspending
Value£0
Contract periodFrom 1 Oct 2026 to 30 Sept 2029

Documents & submission route

  • Not published

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0601b0
Latest release ID078705-2026
Latest release timestampTue Aug 18 2026 15:50:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source1
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Aug 2026award, contract078705-2026
8 Jan 2026planning001375-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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8 Jan 2026 · 001375-2026 · planning
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