Provision of a Support, Help and Resources (SHaRe) Programme for Children’s Services in Gloucestershire
- Buyer
- Gloucestershire County Council-
- Value
- £88,309,924
- Closes
- 1 December 2026
- Where
- Gloucester, the South West
- Type
- Sets up a framework (suppliers apply to join)
In plain English
Gloucestershire County Council is setting up a multi-supplier programme, called SHaRe (Support, Help and Resources), that will fund a wide range of support for children, young people, families and communities in the county. The work is split into 11 lots covering short breaks for disabled children, floating support, holiday activities and food, a crisis fund, and professional services for children's social care. Suppliers join the approved list and can then be asked to deliver individual lots.
What the buyer wants
• Deliver one or more of 11 separate lots, including short breaks, floating support, nurse-led oversight, holiday and food activities, community connector roles, a lived experience quality review, an innovation fund partner, a crisis and resilience fund, and access to resources. • Provide direct support to children, young people and families in Gloucestershire, working through local districts and communities. • Apply to join the multi-supplier list so that the council can award work to approved suppliers over the life of the programme.
Lots
- Lot 1 - Short Breaks
- Lot 2a - Floating Support
- Lot 2b - Nurse Led / Oversight Support
- Lot 3a - Holiday, Activity and Food programme District Lead
- Lot 3b - Holiday, Activity and Food programme Community Connectors
- Lot 3c - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Holiday, Activity and Food programme Providers
- Lot 4a - Children’s Disabilities Community Connector
- Lot 4b - Lived Experience Quality Reviewer
- Lot 4c - Innovation Fund Delivery Partner
- Lot 5 - Crisis and Resilience Fund District Leads
- Lot 6 - Access to Resources
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
The notice gives no detail on turnover, insurance, or accreditation levels, but the work involves vulnerable children and a nurse-led lot, so a business without established safeguarding systems, qualified clinical staff, or a track record of delivering children's services is likely to be ruled out.
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.
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