Contract

Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children

  • Oxfordshire County Council

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-013073

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fd4b

Published 4 April 2025, 12:50pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Oxfordshire County Council

County Hall

Oxford

OX1 1ND

Contact

Ms Priscilla Opare Mintah

Email

Priscilla.Oparemintah@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 10000000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Overnight Residential Short Breaks for Disabled Children

Reference number

DN681358

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Council and ICB seek to commission an Overnight Short Breaks Service which will provide overnight short breaks (and some daytime) for children and young people each year who are living with very complex disabilities and who may have health needs which require the support and care of a nurse. The length of the contract will be for five years with the option to extend for an additional two years.

Through the commissioning of the Service detailed in this Specification, the Council seeks to ensure the local availability of overnight accommodation and support in Oxfordshire to meet the needs of disabled children in Oxfordshire.

The Provider will ensure overnights residential Short Breaks is to be available across two buildings. One in the North of the County (Banbury) and one in central Oxford.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £11,900,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ14 - Oxfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Council provides a range of short breaks for Disabled Children this kind of care is essential to support Disabled Children to live at home. It is well-recognised that raising a child with a disability can place additional pressures on families which exceed the everyday pressures faced by all families raising children. This pressure can arise because of the complexity of the social, education and health care needs experienced by a disabled child, as well as the limitations of some mainstream services which are unable to provide the necessary support to meet the needs of disabled children and young people.

The Overnight Residential Short Breaks Service is required to provide care for 11 overnight beds per night available across two sites (6 from Viking in Oxford and 5 from Sycamore in Banbury). This equates to 149 overnight respite sessions per month and 1788 bed nights per year.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 62%

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 12%

Price - Weighting: 26%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 001-681358


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 April 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Action for Children Limited

Watford

WD18 8AG

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ14 - Oxfordshire
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £11,900,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Oxfordshire County Council

Oxford

OX1 1ND

Country

United Kingdom