Expired contract

Support for Disabled Children in the Home and in the Community

Details

Buyer: Northumberland County Council
Supplier(s): Issac, Wecan
Value: 300,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Social work services
Published: 11 November 2020
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This Framework will assist Northumberland County Council in fulfilling its statutory obligations known as the "Short Break Regulations". The Council requirements are to provide short breaks for children and young people with a level of assessed need who: - have a disability and/or additional needs; - are aged between 0-18 years; - Live within the Northumberland boundary Short breaks are part of a continuum of services, which support disabled children and their families. They include the provision of day, evening and weekend activities for the child or young person and can take place in the child's own home, the home of an approved carer or in a community setting. The Council funds targeted and preventative short break services to minimise the numbers of children and young people who require specialist interventions and to enable young people to live within their home community. This tender is divided into 2 lots.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 November 2020
Completed: Award published11 November 2020
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2023

About the buyer

Northumberland County Council delivers local government services across Northumberland and buys as a local authority through its procurement team. Tender opportunities are published through Open, the council's procurement system that replaced the North East Procurement Organisation portal. Suppliers register free of charge on Open before bidding for contracts. Open also carries procurement opportunities from regional local authorities across the North East. A public contracts register lists the council's live and awarded agreements for transparency. A Supplier Incentive Programme also lets registered suppliers opt into early payment on invoices.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Northumberland County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

85310000 · Social work services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@northumberland-county-council.gov