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title: "Short Breaks for Children and Young People"
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# Short Breaks for Children and Young People

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-058a11). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BLACKPOOL COUNCIL: "Short Breaks for Children and Young People". Published status: complete. Published Value: £820,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Sept 2025, 10:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [BLACKPOOL COUNCIL](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blackpool-council-ons-e06000009)
- **Published Value:** £820,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 September 2025 at 10:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD42
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £950,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-058a11#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058a11`

## 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-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-058a11#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/short-breaks-for-children-and-young-people-ocds-h6vhtk-058a11#participate

## Description
Blackpool Council is seeking an experienced and capable service provider to deliver a
short breaks service for children and young people in Blackpool as follows:
• Weekend Club - for children with complex needs (8 - 18 years old, or 19 while still
attending school)
• Holiday Club - for children aged 8 to 18 with higher / complex levels of need
The anticipated service volumes and contract budget for the service is as follows:
Provision Number of sessions Capacity per session
Weekend Club (complex needs) 52 18
Holiday Club (complex needs) 47 21
Contract budget (per annum) £204,184.44
It is anticipated that the contract term will be from 01 April 2026 to 31 March 2028, with
the option to extend incrementally for a period of up to 2 years (subject to contract review
and budget availability).
Pre-market engagement has not been carried out prior to this procedure. This is a retender of an existing service and the requirements were deemed to be known and well
defined.
Full details of requirements are provided within the tender documents.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £820,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Short Breaks for Children and Young People (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **PLAY INCLUSION PROJECT (PIP)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05115873`
  - Value: £950,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F049624-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-14T07:51:09.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T04:08:16.694Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058a11