Decision details

Bristol City Council have a statutory duty to fund a broad range of Short Breaks provision. Bristol Autism Project Holiday Activities forms part of the broad Short Breaks offer for Disabled children and young people. The service delivers supported activities during school holidays which; meet the specific needs of autistic children and young people and their families, enable families to access leisure venues and attractions in their local communities and to build social support networks.
This service was being delivered by FACE Filton however the contract was reaching the end of it's term, so a joint re-commissioning exercise was implemented with Bristol City Council Education Services and NHS BNSSG Clinical Commissioning Group in line with Bristol City Council policy and EU Procurement legislation. This process is complete and this report sets out the new contract award.
FACE Filton were able to demonstrate, through a thorough tender and evaluation process, that they will be able to provide the level of service Bristol City Council requires to support the needs of autistic children, young people and their families.

To award the Bristol Autism Project Holidays Activities contract for the period 1/5/2020 – 30/3/2022 to FACE Filton. There will be the option to extend for a further one year, plus another one year following a review.

The current contract could not be extended further and so a full re-commission of the contract was required, there were no alternative options.