Re- opening of Alternative Provision, Short Breaks and Early Intervention framework

Swindon Borough Council is seeking to commissioning suitably qualified and experience service providers to join their framework. This is the annual reopening of the contract initially commissioned in May 2025 for 4 years with this being the 2nd year of the framework. The requirement is being divided into lots where providers can apply for any lot. Lot 1 Alternative Provision - Swindon Borough Council is seeking a suite of providers to deliver services to children who are not in mainstream education and to prioritise seeking the return of children back into schools setting. Lot 2 Short Breaks - Specialist - Providing services to help children with very specialist needs Lot 3 Short Breaks - Inclusion- Providing services to help children integrate into everyday activity Lot 4 Short Breaks - Overnight respite- providing overnight respite for carers of children with these needs Lot 5 - Early intervention - providing services which help prevent children going into more advanced care solutions Existing providers do not need to reapply, unless applying for a different lot. There is no option to extend as stated in the ITT documents. Estimated contract spend across the 4 years is as below: Alternative Provision: £7,946,200 Short Breaks Specialist: £1,173,600 Short Breaks Inclusion: £33,600 Short Breaks Overnight: £457,600 Early Intervention: £510,448 Total Value - £10,121,448.00 over 4 years for all lots