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# Short Breaks Community Clubs and Activities

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-community-clubs-and-activities-ocds-h6vhtk-034adc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Short Breaks Community Clubs and Activities". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 September 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health services, Other community, social and personal services, Social work and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,857,935 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034adc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-community-clubs-and-activities-ocds-h6vhtk-034adc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-community-clubs-and-activities-ocds-h6vhtk-034adc#participate

## Description
Essex County Council is committed to providing high quality services to children and young people with SEND and their families that meet their individual and wider needs.
Short Breaks Community Clubs and Activities (SBCCA) offer parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs and/or disability (SEND) a break from their additional caring responsibilities, while ensuring children and young people have the opportunities develop, learn, socialise and interact with their peers.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Children with a learning disability and/or autism (under 8 years and 8-15 years)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000, 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The Council undertook a single stage open procurement process based on a weighting of 70% quality (of which 10% assessed Social Value, and 20% was based on evaluation by a parent carer panel) and 30% price to procure 12 contracts with 3 Lots commissi...

### Lot 2: Children with a physical or sensory impairment (under 8 years and 8-15 years)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000, 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** As per Lot 1.

### Lot 3: An older adolescents’ cohort (15-19 years)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85100000, 85300000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** As per Lot 1

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** 009509-2023-DN616498-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Butterflies Clubs, Epping Forest District Council, SEND Sensation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-79134`, `GB-FTS-79135`, `GB-FTS-79133`
  - Value: £3,850,905 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 009509-2023-DN616498-2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Butterflies Clubs, Epping Forest District Council, SEND Sensation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-79134`, `GB-FTS-79135`, `GB-FTS-79133`
  - Value: £762,215 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 009509-2023-DN616498-3 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Butterflies Clubs, SEND Sensation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-79134`, `GB-FTS-79133`
  - Value: £1,244,815 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** 009509-2023-DN616498-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,850,905
  - Signed Date: 04/01/2023

- **Contract:** 009509-2023-DN616498-2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £762,215
  - Signed Date: 04/01/2023

- **Contract:** 009509-2023-DN616498-3 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,244,815
  - Signed Date: 04/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009509-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-31T14:13:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T06:37:28.790Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034adc