Short Breaks for Disabled Children 2025 - Soft Market Test
Day time short breaks is currently commissioned via the Short Breaks Framework Agreement, due to end in March 2025. The tender for its replacement will be launched in Autumn 2024 on Sheffield's e-tendering portal, YORTender. We are considering a range of activities for the new Framework, some of which already exist and some new areas of development. The responses received will help us shape our requirements and determine the strategy we will take to achieve our desired outcome.
Buyer
Sheffield City Council
Value
£4,000,000
Published
18 Jul 2024
Closes
18 Jul 2024
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
Sheffield
Procurement method
Not provided
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
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CPV classifications
85312120
Daycare services for handicapped children and young people
55243000
Children's holiday-camp services
Lots
Lot 1 Daytime Short Breaks
Value not provided
Daytime short breaks can be a combination of after school and weekends term time, and school holiday provision, and are between 2-5 hour sessions. Clubs run all year round, with some provision term time only, some holiday provision only and some a combination of both. There is potential to create a junior and senior club for different activity types. We comm...
Delivery: South Yorkshire
Lot 2 Outward Bounds Activities
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The aim of this type of short break is to provide an exciting alternative to a daytime short break, which gives children with a disability the opportunity to engage in new activities in new environments. These sessions require experienced qualified instructors, and adapted spaces and equipment. These types of activities are suited to school holidays, usually...
Delivery: South Yorkshire
Lot 3 Activity-based Residential
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We'd like to explore residential (overnight) activity based short breaks in and around South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This would suit an outward bounds centre with accommodation, specifically if it has adaptations to support children with physical disabilities and can also accommodate staff and is secure and safe. Were also very interested in other ty...
Delivery: South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Lot 4 Home-based Short Break
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Another potential opportunity is to provide a service to families in their own home; to allow parents and carers the opportunity leave their child at home with a carer who would engage in activities and meet the child's needs including any personal care needs accordingly. This service could potentially be after school, evenings and weekends for children aged...
Delivery: Sheffield
Lot 5 Transitions
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We want to provide dedicated Transitions short breaks for young people aged between 16 - 21/25. This would provide some stability for children as they engage in other transitions in their education and health care etc and provide targeted activities and experiences that combine social opportunities with learning key life skills for a more independent life as...
Delivery: South Yorkshire
Lot 6 Universal Delivery
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Where assessed as appropriate, children with less complex needs would join in with universal sessions, with additional support where needed. This would be on a sport purchase (per child) basis to promote inclusion. This would suit organisations who deliver play care, community based sports activities, after school and holiday clubs, community based organised...
Delivery: South Yorkshire
Lot 7 Any other form of Short Break
Value not provided
We are also keen to hear about any other type of support you think we should offer to children and families as part of the Short Breaks menu.
Delivery: Sheffield
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