Short breaks and other support services for disabled children, young people and their families

Children aged 0-5 years with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) progress in their learning and development, including improving their communication and language skills. Additional information: Lot 1 will be evaluated by Council Officers with parents and carers contributing to the design of a case study. Parents and carers will participate in the evaluation scoring of the case study. The quality/price split is 60%/40%.

This service will offer a combination of buddying and transitions support to improve independence and wellbeing for disabled children and young people aged 13 to 18 through a range of fun activities in the local community that builds social skills and resilience. See Specification for more detail. Additional information: Lot 2 will be evaluated by Council Officers with young people submitting a tender question that should be responded using easy read material. The panel of young people will participate in the evaluation scoring of their tender question. The quality/price split is 60%/40%.

The service will provide planned periods of 1:1 short breaks to families/carers of disabled children and young people aged 5-18. See Specification for more detail. Additional information: Lot 3 will be evaluated by Council Officers. The quality/price split is 60%/40%. The Services come under Chapter 3, Section 7 (Social and Other Specific Services) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Under Regulation 76, the Council has decided to use the Open Procedure under the PCR light touch regime.