Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Short Breaks Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Authority: Wakefield Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWakefield Council intends to commission an overnight short break provision for adults with learning disabilities and or Autism to have pre-booked overnight stays away from home. The Service will operate seven days per week / 365 days per year and will be provided within two Council owned 4-bed residential units ('the Service'). One unit is located in Normanton and the other is in the Thornes Park area of Wakefield.
The Short Breaks Service will be required to meet the needs of service users and families / carers in a personalised way and support our Council and Adult Social Care priorities.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2031, 23:59 BST.
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary Market Engagement Notice 2025/S 000-036869 publish in July 2025.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,430,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Responses will be assessed in accordance with the award criteria - quality 70%
- Price: Responses will be assessed in accordance with the award criteria - quality 20%
- Social Value: Responses will be assessed in accordance with the award criteria - quality 10%
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2031
- First published
- 16 Jun 2026, 11:08 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 25 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
100111289 - RFS26-026- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056522- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06b5aeFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
16 Jun 2026 → 19 Nov 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published130 days ago16 Jun 2026, 11:08 BST
- Submission deadline99 days ago17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by28 days ago25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent26 days ago28 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published26 days ago28 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 26 days19 Nov 2026
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jun 2026- Tender notice published16 Jun 2026, 11:08 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Sept 2026, 11:20 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Sept 2026, 11:20 BST
- Contract signature expected28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific and Gold LimitedSME1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2031Extensions: The contract for the Service will run for an initial period of 2 years from 01/12/2026 - 30/11/2028, with an option to extend for up to a further 3 years. | £4,525,000 | 28 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 11 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonPACIFIC AND GOLD LIMITEDSME · Yorkshire and the Humber
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PACIFIC AND GOLD LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender