Notice Information
Notice Title
School Age Childcare Early Adopting Communities Project
Notice Description
The Council is to continue to develop and test a community-based system of school age childcare in Alloa South and East Clackmannanshire and expand this system to include additional communities, over the relevant financial years. The Council will continue to provide targeted school age childcare for children who are recognised as being within one of the six priority groups set out in the Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26 or within the locally recognised priority family of care experienced. Over the relevant financial years, the Council will increase the capacity of the Project to support the number of children receiving childcare in the South and East Alloa area, including the frequency and duration of available provision; the project will expand beyond this area into other targeted Clackmannanshire areas.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Grantee take a place-based approach by working with local stakeholders including, but not limited to, childcare/child activity providers and local employability and family support services: Clackmannanshire Sport and Leisure, Community House Alloa, Hawkhill Community Association, Connect Alloa, Play Alloa, Kidz-World, Alva Play Pals, Clackmannan Development Trust, The Gate - Alloa, Clackmannanshire Economic Development Trust, Stramash, THRIVE Outdoors, Inspiring Scotland, Little Stars, Flying Start Nursery, Glenview Nursery, Action for Children, Homestart, NHS Forth Valley, SCMA, Promoting a More Inclusive Society (PAMIS), Ochil Youth Community Initiative (OYCI) and Safe Families and Citizen's Advice Bureau.
Procurement Information
Following Phase 1 & 2 funding received from the Scottish Ministers for Clackmannanshire Council's Early Adopting Communities Project, the Council has received further funding to continue to develop and test a community-based system of before and after school childcare and during holiday periods where families on lowest incomes will pay nothing. The Scottish Ministers funded Project includes for the provision of funding to named providers including Clackmannanshire Sport and Leisure, Community House Alloa, Hawkhill Community Association, Connect Alloa, Play Alloa, Kidz-World, Alva Play Pals, Clackmannan Development Trust, The Gate - Alloa, Forest School Association, Clackmannanshire Economic Development Trust, Stramash, Little Stars, Flying Start Nursery, Glenview Nursery, Action for Children, Homestart, NHS Forth Valley, SCMA, Promoting a More Inclusive Society (PAMIS), Ochil Youth Community Initiative (OYCI, family Support Collaborative. On the basis the funding is to be provided to named providers in terms of the grant conditions and the possibility of competition is therefore absent for technical reasons, the Council intends to rely on Regulation 33 (1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to enter into contracts directly with the named providers
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-049407
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074368-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312110 - Child daycare services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £8,807,502 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Aug 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2024 - 31 Mar 2026 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Colin Bruce
- Contact Email
- procurement@clacks.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1259450000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ALLOA
- Postcode
- FK10 1EB
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife
- Delivery Location
- TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife
-
- Local Authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Electoral Ward
- Clackmannanshire South
- Westminster Constituency
- Alloa and Grangemouth
Further Information
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