Award

Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Mar 2023 at 14:58

Tender

02 Nov 2022 at 09:22

Planning

30 Sep 2022 at 10:46

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education has awarded the "Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract" to Hempsall Consultancies Limited. The contract, valued at £825,000 and running from 1st February 2023 to 31st March 2025, aims to provide expert professional services to support local authorities in meeting their childcare sufficiency duties. The contract was awarded on 18th January 2023 following an electronic procurement process via the Jaggaer e-tendering portal.

This contract presents an opportunity for small and voluntary sector enterprises to engage in delivering tailored support to local authorities. Businesses in the pre-school education services industry located across various regions in the United Kingdom are suitably positioned to participate in providing support for childcare sufficiency. The Department for Education is actively engaging with suppliers to ensure the successful implementation of the contract, offering opportunities for business growth and collaboration.

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Notice Title

Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract

Notice Description

This contract is for the provision of expert professional services (including peer support) to support local authorities (LAs) in fulfilling their statutory sufficiency duties. The support will be delivered in the Financial Years 2022-25 and will relate to supporting the delivery of sufficient childcare and early education places across local areas to meet parental demand for the early years entitlements and to ensure that there are sufficient places for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children) to enable parents to work or participate in education or training for employment. The contractor will offer support to LAs in restoring or improving childcare sufficiency in their local areas through a mixed package of tailored support to diagnose sufficiency issues and assist LAs in implementing and embedding sustainable improvements. This will be delivered by: 1. Providing reactive support and challenge to LAs identified as failing (or at imminent risk of failing) in their duty to secure sufficient childcare for parents to work or participate in education or training, and for children eligible for the early education entitlements. 2. Providing proactive preventative and improvement support and challenge to LAs to facilitate the maintenance or improvement of local childcare sufficiency. 3. Where appropriate, administering discrete projeejct funding to support LAs to implement recommendations made during the reactive or proactive support activity at 1 and 2 above where available finances are evidencable as a barrier to achieving the desired outcome. 4. Providing an overarching project management function to enable 1, 2 and 3 above. This will include organisation of contract management activity including reporting and engaging with DfE, and evaluating support activity and funding outcomes. Additional information: This Open procurement was undertaken in accordance with Regulation 27 of PCR 2015 and conducted electronically via Jaggaer e-tendering portal. For access to future opportunities, please refer to the portal.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-2a37afe9-7ec0-4f10-a376-f89d18d8f294
Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9909dea-dd85-4556-a6e5-adc82c31514d
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80110000 - Pre-school education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£825,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£825,000 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Mar 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
12 Dec 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
31 Oct 2022Expired
Award Date
18 Jan 20233 years ago
Contract Period
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SHEFFIELD
Postcode
S1 2FJ
Post Town
Sheffield
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HEMPSALL CONSULTANCIES

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