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Achieving for children

Achieving for Children Short Breaks 2025

HealthcareCPV 85000000
Value£1.6m
Awarded24 Feb 2025
Published7 Nov 2025
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.6mtotal contract value
median £380k
this tender£0£16.5m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Health & Social Care band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 32,734 valued Health & Social Care tenders in our corpus.

The brief

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.\r 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.\r 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) short break care can additionally access the universal programme.\r \r This procurement opportunity requires providers to have building based provision in either/or both Kingston and Richmond Boroughs.\r \r The requirement is divided in Lots and Sub-Lots.

Please see the tender documentation for further details.\r \r The contract term will be for an initial period of Three (3) years with an option to extend for a further two (2) periods of twelve (12 months) to be taken at the discretion of AfC.\r \r Lot 1 Weekend\r 1a Kingston only: Moderate Needs\r 1b Richmond only: Moderate Needs\r 1c Kingston only: High Needs\r 1d Richmond only: High Needs\r \r Lot 2: After School\r 2a Kingston only: Moderate Needs\r 2b Richmond only: Moderate Needs\r 2c Kingston only: High Needs\r 2d Richmond only: High Needs\r \r Lot 3: Holiday & Half Term\r 3a Kingston only: Moderate Needs\r 3b Richmond only: Moderate Needs\r 3c Kingston only: High Needs\r 3d Richmond only: High Needs\r \r Lot 4: Buddy Project - Moderate Needs Only\r 4a - Kingston only: Moderate Needs \r 4b - Richmond only: Moderate Needs \r \r The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at DN758952 - https://procontract.due-north.com/Procurer/ContractsFinder?projectId=e460e9a6-76d2-ef11-8133-005056b64545&projectEventId=ea60e9a6-76d2-ef11-8133-005056b64545&formTypeId=277e8dc2-9fcd-4556-bc06-35706b286939\r \r

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Short Breaks care offer for families

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.

02

To be eligible for the universal programme

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.

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