Signal · Supply Chain & Logistics

Contract award: Southampton City Council - Shortbreaks and Outreach Framework (GBP 45,000,000)

UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API Authoritative source Published 12th October 2026 United Kingdom

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What the source reported

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Contract award notice published on UK Find a Tender by Southampton City Council. Procurement: Shortbreaks and Outreach Framework. Description: Southampton City Council intends to award a multi provider Short Breaks, Outreach and Support Framework to improve access to high quality services for children and young people with disabilities aged up to 18 years. The proposed Framework will include two Lots: Lot 1 - Care Support and Community Outreach This Lot covers personalised care and support delivered in the home or community. Services wil Category: services. Value: GBP 45,000,000 (largest of 2 stated award/contract values). Supplier(s): Acorn Care Solutions Ltd, ACTIVE ASSISTANCE, Staff Management Lt, Glitz care 4Ut Ltd, Hurst Homecare, Nurse Plus & Carer Plus UK Ltd and others.

Publication: UK Find a Tender Service OCDS API · Government/Regulator
Published: 12th October 2026
Original report: find-tender.service.gov.uk

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: United Kingdom
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 12th October 2026 · 14:52

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (15.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Impact-Scale Specificity

Possibly the same underlying story as Contract award: Sheffield City Council - Consultancy Plus Call Off via YPO Framework (GBP 20,720,000) — flagged automatically, never merged automatically.

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Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.