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Targeted Short Breaks Services

Health and social work services
Other community
social and personal services
West Midlands (UKG31)
Published value
£1,296,686
Submission deadline 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published4
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Tenderline Synopsis: BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY: "Targeted Short Breaks Services". Published status: planned. Published value: £1,296,686. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,296,686
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
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Published history for BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
6.6Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
Barnardo'sTop vendor: 81.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 7 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Barnardo's1 win£587,394
CONATUS HEALTH LIMITED1 win£135,000
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
Last source update4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationHealth and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-059470
What is being bought
Section 25 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 places a statutory duty on local authorities to provide short breaks for families with disabled children These services aim to enhance the lives of children with disabilities and their families, fostering social inclusion, promoting personal growth, and strengthening family relationships. The Regulations define a short break as: • Day-time care in the homes of disabled children or elsewhere • Overnight care in the homes of disabled children or elsewhere • Educational or leisure activities for disabled children outside their homes • Services available to assist carers in the evenings, at weekends and during the school holidays. We are looking for providers who are passionate about working with disabled children and young people and who have a proven record of accomplishment of delivering high-quality services
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to 31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
    4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  4. tender value changed
    4 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    4 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    4 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    4 Sept 2025, 16:11 BST
Lots and requirements (4)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Brokerage and City-wide network of providers
    planned
    Published value£549,492
    Targeted Short Breaks for children with mild to moderate needs delivered via a wide range of local providers and bespoke services. The short breaks services described in Lot 1 will be awarded to a single provider who will manage the network and all brokerage of places.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 2 · #2a
    Targeted Short breaks for children with Autism as a primary need
    planned
    Published value£455,988
    This service will deliver Autism-friendly activities such as clubs, play schemes, or outings with trained staff who understand autism. This will include behavioural support from professionals who can help manage challenging behaviours through structured interventions. The children attending may have other impairments, such as severe learning disabilities or have behaviour which is consistently challenging.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 3 · #2b
    Short Breaks for children with complex needs
    planned
    Published value£242,868
    The children attending this service will have needs arising from a disability, illness, or sensory impairment that requires significant additional support on a daily basis. These needs may be present from birth or have developed after an illness or injury. These needs may also include psychological, emotional, social, and environmental factors. These children often require multidisciplinary input, and their care must be tailored to their life circumstances.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
  • Lot 4 · #2c
    Accessible short breaks for physically disabled children with complex needs
    planned
    Published value£48,338
    This service will cater for children with mild to moderate physical disabilities who may require a range of support tailored to their mobility, coordination, and overall development. This support should aim to promote independence, inclusion, and access to education and community life. The venue for this support may require the use of specialist equipment/ mobility aids (e.g., walking frames, adapted chairs), assistive technology, and modified furniture. It would also feature adjustments to any physical spaces to ensure safe movement, such as wider pathways, stable furniture, and accessible play areas. Individual Risk Assessments including fire evacuation plans and intimate care plans tailored to the child's physical needs would form part of any service delivered by the successful provider.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  2. Procedure published
    4 Sept 2025, 16:56 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    31 Oct 2025, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN'S TRUST COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

Contracting authority GB-COH-10762047
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Documents (2)
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Related procedures (0)
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No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published