Notice Information
Notice Title
Daycare Provision - Business Opportunity
Notice Description
A business opportunity to take-up the running of 7 of the current Leeds City Council Little Owls nurseries - available as a going concern, 3 sites maximum per provider. We are looking for current nursery providers, particularly SMEs or VCSEs, to express interest and complete the pre-qualification questionnaire. Lease would be for minimum of 5 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0502cd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015073-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Gwendolyn Wagner-Adair
- Contact Email
- gwendolyn.wagneradair@leeds.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01133783917
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEEDS
- Postcode
- LS1 1UR
- Post Town
- Leeds
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE4 West Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE42 Leeds
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Leeds
- Electoral Ward
- Little London & Woodhouse
- Westminster Constituency
- Leeds Central and Headingley
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015073-2025
14th April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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