Tender: Lancashire County Council Provider List for Break Time, Day, Night and Intensive Behaviour Support for Children and Young People with Disabilities

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Lancashire County Council is seeking suppliers to join an open Provider List to deliver Break Time and Short Breaks services for children and young people with disabilities, including Lot 1a Break Time, Lot 1b Break Time Plus, Lot 2a Day Time Short Breaks, Lot 2b Day Time Personal Care, Lot 3 Night Time Overnight Short Breaks and Lot 4 Intensive Positive Behaviour Support, to support the Authority's duty to provide a full range of short break services for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). The Provider List is intended to run for 5 years with options to extend but will not exceed a maximum of 7 years; service contracts may be awarded as call-off contracts as set out in the ITP. This procurement is conducted under the Light Touch Regime (Public Contracts Regulations 2015) and the open Provider List allows applicants to apply to join during its term if they satisfy the selection, quality and price requirements and can deliver the Services as described in the Service Specifications; evaluations of new applications will take place annually or sooner and the Authority intends to evaluate annually or once 10 new applications are received, whichever occurs sooner.