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# Tender for provision of a Short Stay Break Service, for Children and Young People from aged 7 years old up to and including 17 years old, who are experiencing difficulties, which may be putting them at risk of family and / or placement breakdown who are actively involved with the Western Health and Social Care Trust. [5287765]

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-provision-of-a-short-stay-break-service-for-children-and-young-people-from-aged-ocds-h6vhtk-03ade9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Western Health and Social Care Trust: "Tender for provision of a Short Stay Break Service, for Children and Young People from aged 7 years old up to and including 17 years old, who are experiencing difficulties, which may be putting them at risk of family and / or placement breakdown who are actively involved with the Western Health and Social Care Trust. [5287765]". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,600,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Apr 2024, 15:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Western Health and Social Care Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/western-health-and-social-care-trust-whsct-nhs-zt005)
- **Published Value:** £3,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 April 2024 at 15:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKN, UKN0, UKN0A, UKN0G
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,600,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ade9`

## 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/tender-for-provision-of-a-short-stay-break-service-for-children-and-young-people-from-aged-ocds-h6vhtk-03ade9#tl-md)

## Description
The Western Health and Social Care Trust is conducting this procurement process to establish a Contract for the provision of a Short Stay Break Service, for Children and Young People from aged 7 years old up to and including 17 years old. The overarching driver of the Service is to promote and encourage resilience and independence within Young People and strengthen positive parenting capacity within the family home and / or placement for carers. These young people will have experienced difficulties, which may be putting them at risk of family and / or placement breakdown and who are actively involved with the Western Health and Social Care Trust. Each Short Stay Break will consist of 4 days and 3 nights in a venue suitable for Short Stay Breaks which will provide a safe, structured and young person centred environment where nutritious meals are included. The provision of Indoor and Outdoor Activity sessions should help to strengthen relationship-based interventions whilst providing fun and positive social interactions.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Estimated Value:** £3,600,000
- **Description:** The Western Health and Social Care Trust is conducting this procurement process to establish a Contract for the provision of a Short Stay Break Service, for Children and Young People from aged 7 years old up to and including 17 years old. The overarc...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Tender for provision of a Short Stay Break Service - WHSCT (active)
  - Award id: `022326-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Extern Northern Ireland**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-167547`
  - Value: £3,600,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Tender for provision of a Short Stay Break Service - WHSCT (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,600,000
  - Signed Date: 01/07/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022326-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-18T13:51:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T10:12:40.874Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ade9