Closed tender

MARKET ENGAGEMENT Specialist Short Breaks (Children and Young people with SEND)

Details

Buyer: Salford City Council
Value: £1,500,000
Published: 7 July 2025
Submission: 28 July 2025
Source: uk:procontracts

Tender description

Short breaks are activities for children and young people with SEND that enable them to have fun, spend time with friends and build their confidence and skills in a safe environment. As well as promoting best outcomes for the child, the Children Act 1989, Schedule 2, requires Local Authorities to provide services designed to assist family carers of disabled children 'to continue to [provide care], or to do so more effectively, by giving them breaks from caring'. MARKET ENGAGEMENT - THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION Keywords: Short Breaks, SEND, Children, Young People

Timeline

Completed: Tender published7 July 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date28 July 2025

About the buyer

Salford City Council is a Greater Manchester local authority that runs procurement through its own dedicated commercial team. A procurement strategy covering 2023 to 2027 sets out the council's sourcing priorities.

Over the past 5 years, most of Salford City Council's contract awards have been in construction work, software and information systems and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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