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# Short Breaks for Adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism (West)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-for-adults-with-a-learning-disability-and-or-autism-west-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3d7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cumbria County Council: "Short Breaks for Adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism (West)". Published status: active. Published Value: £729,118. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Apr 2023, 11:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cumbria County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cumbria-county-council-GB-FTS-12)
- **Published Value:** £729,118 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 April 2023 at 11:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b3d7`

## 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-for-adults-with-a-learning-disability-and-or-autism-west-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3d7#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%2FIndex%3FadvertId%3D9ad40a38-b9c4-ed11-8120-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-for-adults-with-a-learning-disability-and-or-autism-west-ocds-h6vhtk-03b3d7#participate

## Description
A short break (sometimes referred to as respite) is a short term, temporary service for people who are usually supported in their own or the family home by a family member or friend who is not paid for their caring tasks. The short break is beneficial to both individuals and carers as it enables the carer to have a break from their caring responsibilities and enables the individual to have a break without the carer.
Short breaks complement the range of services currently available to adults with a learning disability and or autism and carers and forms part of the range of options available to meet an individual’s assessed needs. Short breaks can have a significant impact on an individual’s independence and choice by contributing to the care and support elements which maintain people in their own homes and enable carers to continue caring.
The aim of a short break is to enable personalised and quality informal care and support arrangements to be sustained.
A key element of the short break offer is to support an individual to gain the skills they will need for greater independence. The required short break offer is not simply a passive one of care and support, the expectation is that the Service Provider will build the service on a progression model and actively support independence.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** A short break (sometimes referred to as respite) is a short term, temporary service for people who are usually supported in their own or the family home by a family member or friend who is not paid for their caring tasks. The short break is beneficia...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008642-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-24T12:42:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:31:00.951Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b3d7