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Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL

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Award

21 Jan 2019 at 09:23

Award Notice
Tender

17 Oct 2018 at 12:56

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process is being led by Herefordshire Council for a project titled "Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support", aimed at improving support for young children with communication needs. This initiative falls under the education and training services sector, specifically targeting the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the contract is set to commence on 8 January 2019, lasting until 31 March 2021. The value of the contract is £500,000, with the submission deadline for tenders having ended on 19 November 2018.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) specialised in early years education and developmental support services. Businesses with expertise in training, speech and language therapy, and creating supportive learning environments for young children would be particularly well-suited to compete. The successful delivery of this contract could help enhance community services and foster long-term growth in the early years sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support

Notice Description

Herefordshire is seeking to make a significant, fixed term, investment in the early years workforce that will deliver improved early identification and support for young children with speech, language and communication needs, and their families. A key objective is that the work, learning and benefit of the service is sustained beyond the lifetime of the contract. The primary outcomes that the service aims to achieve are to: enable the Early Years workforce to effectively support parents to understand how to develop their child's communication skills develop and strengthen the skills and capabilities across Herefordshire's Early Years offer and workforce so that the speech, language and communication needs of children aged under five years are better identified and supported ensuring that those skills capabilities are embedded and sustained across the Early Years offer and workforce beyond the lifetime of the contract improve attainment of early learning goals for communication and language to 95% for girls and 85% for boys at the end of reception year by April 2021 increase for Herefordshire's funded two year olds from 52.8% at the expected level for speaking at age 3years (62.0% for listening and attention, and 62.9% understanding) 2017, to a minimum of 54% and, 63% and 64% respectively by the end of the contract term. target settings achieving Communication Friendly Accreditation status new referrals of children aged under five to Herefordshire's speech and language therapy service are consistently appropriate To achieve these aims, the service will: deliver communication friendly setting accreditation and lead communication practitioners within target settings throughout Herefordshire deliver practitioner training for Elklan 'let's talk' or equivalent programmes support settings to deliver their own small group and individual work, using learning from evidence based programmes establish self-sustaining networks of lead communication practitioners establish and embed an online toolkit for use by families and professionals Herefordshire Council has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-893e5f80-23f9-40ec-9577-f075e733a0bb
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da199508-3db7-431f-9264-12e99ed99164
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

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

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Jan 20197 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Nov 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
21 Dec 20187 years ago
Contract Period
8 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HEREFORD
Postcode
HR4 0LE
Post Town
Hereford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG11 Herefordshire, County of
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Electoral Ward
Widemarsh
Westminster Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ELKLAN TRAINING

Further Information

Notice Documents

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