Tender for the Provision of Short Breaks Activities for Children and Young People with Disabilities

Tender for the Provision of Short Breaks Activities for Children and Young People with Disabilities Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking to engage multiple providers to undertake a variety of short break activities for children and young people with disabilities. A short break is part of a continuum of services which supports disabled children and their families.

Sandwell Council’s vision is that throughout the short break offer it will strive to enable disabled children and young people to lead ordinary lives. Disabled children and young people will be able to choose from a full range of services, activities including specialist provision, accessible universal and targeted provision.

The Council’s Short Breaks Services will include Personal Assistant Support, Holiday and Weekend Schemes and Regular Specialist Clubs. The service will be divided into three lots which include: Lot 1 Personal Assistant Support Personal Assistant support services for disabled children and young people 0-18 years of age.

Lot 2 Holiday and Weekend Schemes The services will provide school holiday and/or weekend activity schemes in a variety of locations across Sandwell and beyond for disabled children and young people 0 - 18 years of age. Lot 3 Regular Specialist Clubs The services will provide specialist regular clubs for disabled children and young people 0-18 years of age in a variety of locations across Sandwell.

If you would like to tender for this provision, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal and from the homepage click on 'Register' to complete the simple registration process. Note: In the Business Classifications tab please choose the 8531000 –5 Administrative Social Services Once logged into the system, click on 'Tenders' from the top menu bar to list all the current opportunities.

Once you have found the provision of Tender for the Provision of Short Breaks Activities for Children and Young People with Disabilities opportunity you should click on 'View Details'. You will then have access to the 'Express Interest' button at the bottom of the screen which will provide you with immediate access to the Invitation To Tender and related documents. The closing date for completed tenders is 12 noon 15 July 2016 Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc/aspx/