Skip to content
SkimSkim home

Public sector tenders

In deliveryUnited KingdomServices£240,000Add to pipeline

Short Breaks Foster Care Overnight Service for Children and Young People with a Disability

Awarded to BARNARDO'S

Shropshire Council(buyer)

Published
Published 24 June 2025
Deadline
Closed 24 October 2025

Tender documents

Skim pulls every file the buyer attaches to this process and extracts the requirements from it.

Documents as they publish

Specification, evaluation criteria, pricing schedules and every requirement — extracted, searchable and mapped to your response.

View tender files

Overview

Telford & Wrekin Council and Shropshire Council jointly commissioned a foster care overnight short breaks service for children and young people aged 5–17 with disabilities, awarded to Barnardo's on 11 December 2025 for £480,000. The service provides planned overnight short breaks in regulated, homely environments to support the wellbeing of children, young people, and their families across both local authority areas.

Contracting authority

Find the key decision makers

The people who scope, score and sign this contract — names, roles and how to reach them.

Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£240,000
Procedure
Below threshold - open competition
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
SME suitable
Yes
Published
24 June 2025
Deadline
Closed
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£480,000
Award date
11 December 2025
Contract period
8 December 2025 → 7 December 2029
Contract length
4 years
Could run to
7 December 2034
Against estimate
100% above
Bids received
5
Winner
  • BARNARDO'S

This contract ends on 7 December 2029, or 7 December 2034 if every extension is used.

Contract ending soon? Skim tracks incumbents and flags recompetes early. Start for Free to set up alerts.

About the winner

BARNARDO'S

Based in
Barkingside , Ilford
Public contracts won
83
Across UK and EU notices

No other contract from Shropshire Council under this supplier name in Skim's records.

See every contract BARNARDO'S holds and when each one ends

Competition and scoring

Bids received

5

3 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in Health and social work services drew a median of 4 bids over the last 24 months; 19% received only one.

Market context

Typical award in Health and social work services

£186,100

Median of 14,539 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 2.6× the median.

Shropshire Council in the last 12 months

106

contracts awarded, worth £341,916,674 in total

See their procurement profile →

Recent awards in Health and social work services

The latest contracts other buyers awarded under the same classification.

Notice history

Every published notice in this contracting process, newest first.

  1. Contract

    11 December 2025

  2. Contract Notice

    23 September 2025

  3. Planning Update

    24 June 2025

  4. Prior Information Notice

    24 June 2025

Get the full picture

AI analysis, bid scoring, and expert strategy for this tender

Skim analyses every tender against your company profile and tells you whether to bid, how to win, and who you are up against.

How to win this tender

Skim reads the notice and every document attached to it, scores the fit against your company profile for a clear bid or no-bid call, then drafts each answer from your own evidence and past bids. You review, refine and submit — on time, with every requirement covered.

See exactly how Skim’s agents do this →

Comparing platforms? Skim is set against the alternatives for pre-tender intelligence, tender management software and bid management software.

Find tenders like this before your competitors do.

Skim scans every portal daily and scores each tender against your profile. Start for free and see the tenders you are missing.