Children's Short Breaks Closed Framework
- Buyer
- Bedford Borough Council
- Value
- £1,097,180
- Closes
- 30 November 2026
- Where
- Bedford, the East of England
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Bedford Borough Council wants providers to run regular short break activities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). These include weekly or fortnightly community groups, monthly groups, and holiday activity sessions, split into eight lots by need, such as autism, complex physical or health needs, and gaming youth clubs. The combined estimated value is about £1.1 million, and the work is awarded through a closed framework.
What the buyer wants
• Run the specific group or holiday provision for the lot you bid for, meeting the stated age range and frequency (for example, a weekly group for 42 weeks a year, or a monthly group for pre-school, pre-teen or youth ages) • Accept children whose need is evidenced in the way the notice sets out, such as by a parent's evidence of an EHCP, a health professional's letter, or confirmation of attendance at a special school • For the autism holiday lot, where you also run places for children from other areas, fund only places for children who live in Bedford Borough
Lots
- Complex Care
- Autism
- EHCP and Special School
- General SEND
- SEND Gaming Youth Club
- Holiday Activities – Learning Disabilities and SEND (EHCP)
- Holiday Activities – Complex Physical and Health Needs
- Holiday Activities – Autism
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: The notice describes a closed framework with eight separate specialist lots for children with SEND, so a small provider would need to be selected onto the framework and be able to run regular groups across specified age ranges, and the notice does not give a value for each lot.
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How to bid
This is a framework: the buyer picks a set of suppliers now and awards work to them over several years. If you are not on it when it is awarded, you usually cannot win work from it until it is re-tendered, so this is the window to bid.
Where to apply
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Questions about this tender? The official notice gives the buyer's contact.
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