# Specialist Short Break Service for Children and Young People with Life Shortening Conditions

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [South Tyneside Council](/buyers/south-tyneside-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: St Oswald's Hospice Ltd
- Award value: £1,188,670
- Tender value: £1,188,670
- Award date: 26 September 2022
- Published: 26 September 2022
- Contract start: 1 January 2023
- Contract end: 31 December 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: bc3c9f73-3858-4467-ab88-bfac40bf5bfb-574654
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af6aec74-646b-4e3f-b9b2-bb509d1c892d

## Description

Specialist short breaks for children and young people from birth to 18 years of age with life shortening conditions, and/or life-threatening episodes and complex health care needs and their parent/carer within a residential nursing care setting\. Three year contract is to commence 1 January 2023, with option to extend by a period or periods of up to 24 months\. The service is to be provided to approximately 50 children per annum for an estimated 1,700 bed nights\. There is no guarantee of usage/business and services will be spot purchased based on demand\. The Council is awarding this contract, following a 10-day standstill period, without prior publication of a contract notice on the following basis: - It believes competition is absent for technical reasons \(Regulation 32\(2\)\(b\)\(ii\)\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc3c9f73-3858-4467-ab88-bfac40bf5bfb-574654)