Awarded contract

Community Buddy Scheme

Details

Supplier(s)
Contractor information is held on Hampshire County Council's procurement page: https://www.hants.gov.uk/business/procurement/childrens-services-open-framework-contractors The reference number is: CS21764
Value
£250,000
Topic
Health and social work services
Published
19 March 2024

Tender description

Hampshire County Council Children's Services delivers the Community Buddy Scheme as part of the council's Short Breaks offer. The Community Buddy Scheme enables children and young people with a disability or additional needs, to access their local community or support them to take part in activities or groups of their choosing within their local community. The support given by a Community Buddy enables a child or young person to experience their community or an activity/club without their parent or carer. Accessing the community can take many different forms and could include (but is not limited to); shopping, exploring public transport or making use of community spaces such as parks. This framework was procured as a light touch procurement under section 7 of the Public Contract Regulations however there were technical issues with the find a tender system so the notices have been published under F02/F03. Lot 1: The procurement route will be based on an Open Procedure process; details are confirmed in the ITT instructions. An initial contract period of 2 years is proposed. The contract start date will be from 01 April 2024. There is an option to extend for 1+1 years.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date8 February 2024
  2. Completed: Award published19 March 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

Hampshire County Council buys as a local authority through its own Strategic Procurement Team. The same team also procures for district, borough and parish councils and national park authorities across Hampshire. A separate Strategic Frameworks Team runs works and professional services framework agreements for public authorities across the South.

Over the past 5 years, most of Hampshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, education and training and health and social work.

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