Stale Pre-tender

RFI for Overnight Short Breaks for Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Herefordshire

Details

Topic
Health and social work services
Published
28 March 2025
Submission
16 April 2025

Tender description

Herefordshire Council is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of establishing whether there are any organisations that are interested in providing overnight short breaks respite in Herefordshire. Short breaks support for disabled children is part of Herefordshire’s local offer for children and young people with SEND, and their families. It provides parents and carers with a break from their caring responsibilities, whilst confident that their disabled child is safe and having fun with skilled carers who understand their needs.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published28 March 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Herefordshire Council is the local authority for the county of Herefordshire, procuring through its own commissioning framework. Suppliers register free of charge on Supplying the South West, the council's electronic procurement and tendering portal. Contracts below a set value invite at least three local suppliers to tender directly for the work. Larger contracts follow a formal tendering process, governed by the Procurement Act 2023 and its regulations. The largest opportunities are also advertised nationally through the Find a Tender Service. Bidders above the relevant threshold must register separately on the Central Digital Platform to take part.

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 Herefordshire Council's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 85000000 · Health and social work services

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