Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-10-12
Buyer: Portsmouth City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85110000: Hospital and related services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85300000 | 85310000
Estimated value: 385000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-11-09

Technical requirements: Portsmouth City Council, ‘the Authority’, is inviting tenders from suitably qualified organisations to deliver a Targeted Short Breaks service.
The Authority currently has 4 contracts for Targeted Short Breaks expiring on 15.4.2018. The services are:
The contracts are being retendered as part of a budget saving exercise and this new contract brings these 4 service areas together under one provider or lead provider.
The Authority is targeting to have awarded the contract by 22.12.2017 for the service to commence on 16.4.2018. The initial contract period will be for 3 years with the possibility of extending the term by a further 2 years to a maximum total term of 5 years in increments to be agreed. The estimated value of the contract at current volume is 77 000 GBP per annum.
Targeted Short Breaks are offered to parents and carers and young people living in the city of Portsmouth who meet eligibility criteria.
Children and young people are eligible for support if the young person has a level of physical or mental difficulty or disability, which has a substantial and long-term effect on their ability to carry out day-to-day activities. This may include a physical or learning disability, a hearing or visual impairment. It includes children and young people with Autism and Asperger's Condition and young people who may have challenging behaviour as a result of their learning disability.
This service is for the targeted level 1 provision only and is split into 4 service areas to ensure there is a range of short breaks that can meet the needs of the services users as identified during consultation with parents, carers, young people and other stakeholders.
The group will be for young people, with physical and/or mild-moderate learning difficulties or special educational needs living in Portsmouth. The focus for the group will be on improving life skills for all young people including building confidence and independence and developing communication skills. The group will be delivered in a ‘self-directed’ manner enabling young people to make choices regarding the types of activities on offer as well as how the group will develop over time.The group will run on a weekly basis at a minimum of 40 weeks (term time) per year. The numbers attending have historically been between 15-20 a week.
The aim of these Clubs/Groups are to provide fun and enjoyable activities for children and young people to socialise with peers and to help them form friendships, whilst being provided with an appropriate level of support and supervision, along with offering a range of age appropriate activities in line with their developmental needs and personal preferences. The current offer is Gym Club, Youth Hub and Teenage Group, groups tend to have between 15-20 attendees.
This aim of the group will be on improving life skills for all young people including building confidence and independence and developing communication skills, during the school/college holidays. The numbers attending have historically been between 15 — 23 over the holiday period.
The Inclusive Holiday Playscheme is for children that require additional support because of their diagnosed moderate levels of physical disability, learning difficulty, Autism/Asperger Syndrome and /or disability related challenging behaviour. This service area works in partnership with mainstream holiday playscheme providers seeking to make available additional capacity within the sector to allow settings to offer their services to families where a child has a disability/and/or special educational need.
— Positive experiences for children and young people by promoting and improving friendships with their peers and by encouraging independence, social activities and new experiences.
Parents and carers will be expected to pay a contribution towards the cost of attending the Teenage Group, Autism Activities and Youth Holiday Scheme. The cost will remain static for 2 years from commencement of the contract and any increases after this period must be discussed with the Authority.
The current volume has determined a budget cap of £77,000 per annum therefore any bids that are significantly above budget may be set aside.
As defined within the tender documentation which can be obtained via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/


Award value: 385000