Official UK procurement notice
RHONDDA CYNON TAF RESIDENTIAL SHORT BREAKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A PERMANENT AND/OR SUBSTANTIAL DISABILITY
Authority: Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRhondda 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.
CPV: Social work and related services · Social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 8 Jan 2026, 11:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Aug 2026, 16:50 BST
- Authority reference
RCT65- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078705- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0601b0Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
In 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
8 Jan 2026 → 18 Aug 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published287 days ago8 Jan 2026, 11:13 GMT
- Market engagement259 days ago5 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
This market engagement is to invite suppliers to provide information that will support the development of any possible future procurement strategy
- Contract starts144 days ago1 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published65 days ago18 Aug 2026, 16:50 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published8 Jan 2026, 11:13 GMTUK2
- Transparency notice published18 Aug 2026, 16:50 BSTUK5
- Status changed to complete18 Aug 2026, 16:50 BST
- Procurement method changed18 Aug 2026, 16:50 BST
- Contract signature expected21 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld Section94 supplier1 Oct 2026 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2035Extensions: 2+2+2 year extension option available | £0 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld Section 94 supplierAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender