Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c05-7bb4-7093-bfc2-c38e48bf2874/hcc-0915-provision-of-community-short-breaks-activities-extra-award awarded GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # HCC - 09/15 - Provision of Community Short Breaks - Activities Extra - AWARD [any of the projects listed on the portal](https://tendernation.io/buyers/any-of-the-projects-listed-on-the-portal) Estimated value Not stated Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 27 Nov 2015 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Hertfordshire County Council is tendering for Community Short Break Services to run a range of different services, across Hertfordshire, which form part of the Community Short Breaks – Activities Extra element of the Short Breaks Local Offer (SBLO). These services are required to be delivered during weekday evenings/after school and weekends during term time and where there is sufficient demand from families during the Hertfordshire school holidays. The services are for children and young people aged 5-19 years with disabilities who reside in Hertfordshire. Service Users and their families should be provided with a menu of choice of Community Short Break services that they can access at the times outlined below and should include (albeit not limited to) the services that are outlined in Schedule 2, Schedule 3, Schedule 4, Schedule 5 and Schedule 6 of the Service Specification • Term time evening services providing coverage throughout the year • School Holiday services providing full coverage throughout the school holiday, Projects that provide an innovative solution for providing The Service are encouraged. The Provider is encouraged to build on commissioned provision by developing further services purchased directly by parents / carers such as wrap around childcare for working families, sibling activities etc. and these should be paid for at cost or subsidised through other funding / charitable grants / partnerships. . Any afterschool group based service provided should be for a minimum of 2 hours in duration (unless otherwise agreed with the Service Users and their families); however the length of time that the Service User attends for should be flexible around theirs and their family’s needs. Any daytime, holiday and weekend group based service should be for a minimum of 4 hours in duration (unless otherwise agreed with the Service Users and their families) and the length that the Service User attends for should be flexible around theirs and their family’s needs. Read full description ## CPV classification Health and social work services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e6be7ae1-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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