Achieving for Children Short Breaks 2025
Achieving for Children
This contract was awarded to Disability Challengers. It runs until 7 November 2030. Contracts like this usually come back out to tender before they end.
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Procurement
- 85000000 Health and social work services
What happened
Achieving for Children awarded this contract to Disability Challengers on 21 Jul 2025. The contract runs until 7 Nov 2030.
Description
Achieving for Children is seeking to appoint a provider or providers for the delivery of Aiming High Short Breaks Services across Operational Area 1 - London Borough of Kingston and Richmond.
The Short Breaks care offer for families in Richmond and Kingston has two elements: specialist
or assessed support for children and young people with complex needs; and universal or
unassessed services. This procurement is for the universal or unassessed Short Breaks offer.
That is to say that this procurement is for commissioned universal services that do not include overnight respite or specialist care. To be eligible for the universal programme,children and young people must have a diagnosed disability, be aged between 4-17, and live in either Richmond or Kingston borough. Children who are eligible for specialist (assessed)
This procurement opportunity requires providers to have building based provision in either/or both Kingston and Richmond Boroughs.
Please see the tender documentation for further details of all requirements.
This procurement is divided into Lots and Sub-Lots.
Lot 1 Weekend
1a Kingston only: Moderate Needs
1b Richmond only: Moderate Needs
1c Kingston only: High Needs
1d Richmond only: High Needs
Lot 2: After School
2a Kingston only: Moderate Needs
2b Richmond only: Moderate Needs
2c Kingston only: High Needs
2d Richmond only: High Needs
Lot 3: Holiday & Half Term
3a Kingston only: Moderate Needs
3b Richmond only: Moderate Needs
3c Kingston only: High Needs
3d Richmond only: High Needs
Lot 4: Buddy Project - Moderate Needs Only
4a - Kingston only: Moderate Needs
4b - Richmond only: Moderate Needs
The contract term will be for an initial period of Three (3) years with an option to extend for further two (2) periods of twelve (12 months)to be taken at the discretion of AfC.
The Authority is using an Open Procedure for this procurement of services categorised as ‘social and other specific services’ under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘PCR 2015’). This procurement exercise will therefore be subject to the Light Touch Regime (‘LTR’) under Regulations 74 to 77 as set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
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