Official UK procurement notice
Short Breaks Services Framework
Authority: West Berkshire District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWest Berkshire Council is seeking to engage with providers ahead of a future procurement for a Short Breaks Services Framework for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
The Council is currently reviewing its Short Breaks offer for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Council wishes to engage with providers to discuss the developing service specification and its vision for how Short Breaks Services should be delivered in the future.
Feedback received through this market engagement activity will help inform the final specification and procurement approach
CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services · Welfare services for children and young people
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 2 yrs · up to 3 yrs from 1 Apr 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Short Breaks Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How West Berkshire District Council buys Social work services (CPV 8531), and who usually turns up
West Berkshire District Council has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: Social work services (CPV 8531) →
How the contest usually goes
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Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in South East England (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered. 24 known-location awards sit across 2 procurements, so one procurement can dominate this percentage.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 76 days of the bid deadline.
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The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
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Lot #1CPV 85Estimate not published
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1 bid5%
2–36%
4–616%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Authority reference
P00001936- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102802- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0793eeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
29 Oct 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published3h ago29 Oct 2026, 15:57 GMT
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 22 days20 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Council is inviting interested organisations to complete a survey to gather views of short break providers and attend a Provider Engagement Workshop.
The Council is interested in hearing from organisations that currently deliver, or have experience of delivering:
- Community-based short breaks.
- Group activities and holiday schemes.
- Specialist support for children and young people with SEND.
- Family support and respite services.
- Inclusive leisure and social opportunities.
- Targeted and specialist interventions for children with complex needs.
The survey is open until 5pm on Tuesday, 17 November 2026 and can be accessed here: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/short-breaks-provi… ↗
Workshop Details
Date: Wednesday 25th November 2026
Time: 1.30pm to 3pm
Venue: Microsoft Teams
The workshop will provide an opportunity for providers to:
- Understand the Council's vision and ambitions for future Short Breaks Services.
- Review and discuss proposed service outcomes and priorities.
- Provide feedback on potential service models, delivery arrangements and the proposed framework structure.
- Share market intelligence, innovation, and best practice.
- Discuss opportunities and challenges within the current market.
- Help shape the forthcoming procurement process.
The workshop will also include an overview of the tender submission and e-procurement portal registration process.
The Council welcomes attendance from:
- Voluntary and community sector organisations.
- Charities and not-for-profit organisations.
- Independent providers.
- Social enterprises.
- Existing and potential new market entrants.
Organisations wishing to attend should register their interest by contacting [email protected]
Please provide:
- Organisation name
- Contact name
- Email address
- Number of attendees
A Microsoft Teams invitation will be issued following confirmation of attendance.
The closing date for workshop registration is Friday 20th November 2026 at 5pm
This notice is not a call for competition, and participation is not a prerequisite to bidding. No information provided in response to this engagement will be used in supplier evaluation during the formal procurement. The Council reserves the right not to proceed with the procurement.
- Tender notice expectedin 67 days4 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Oct 2026, 15:57 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender