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Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services

NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL

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Summary of the contracting process

North Lanarkshire Council is conducting a procurement process for "Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services" aimed at delivering funded placements in the Wishaw and Cumbernauld areas. This procurement falls under the services category and the method used is a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, reflecting urgent requirements under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014. The tender has reached the award stage, with contracts signed on 25th February 2020, and includes a 10-day standstill period concluding on 6th March 2020.

This procurement provides significant opportunities for local childcare providers, particularly SMEs, enabling them to expand their services to meet the growing demand for funded placements. Interested providers who are already established in the region and have experience in delivering early childhood education and care services will be well-positioned to compete for these interim contracts, which are aimed at enhancing capacity for children aged 2 to those not yet attending primary school.

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Notice Title

Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services

Notice Description

Interim contracts for academic year 2020/21 to deliver 1140 Hours Funded Placements at existing establishments in Wishaw and Cumbernauld areas. Longer term requirements will be subject to a competitive tendering exercise.

Lot Information

Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services - Provider 3

Interim contract to support the Council to deliver 1140 Hours Funded Placements at an existing establishment in the Wishaw area.

Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services - Provider 4

Interim contract to support the Council to deliver 1140 Hours Funded Placements at an existing establishment in the Wishaw area.

Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services - Provider 2

Interim contract to support the Council to deliver 1140 Hours Funded Placements at an existing establishment in the Cumbernauld area.

Interim Contracts for the 1140 Early Learning & Childcare Services - Provider 1

Interim contract to support the Council to deliver 1140 Hours Funded Placements at an existing service in Cumbernauld.

Procurement Information

North Lanarkshire Council (the "Council") is required by Scottish Government, under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, to provide a funded placement, of 1140 hours per year, to all eligible 2 year olds and all children aged from 3 to those not yet attending Primary School, effective from 1 August 2020. The Council intend to meet this requirement through in-house service provision combined with external support. To contract external support from 1 August 2020, the Council recently conducted a tender exercise to establish a Flexible Framework for Early Learning and Childcare Services in North Lanarkshire 2020/2023; this was awarded in February 2020. The Council's admissions process has now commenced. However, after assessment of the cumulative capacity of the successful tenderers combined with the Councils own internal capacity, the Council estimate that there will be insufficient capacity to provide funded placements for all anticipated applicants in the Cumbernauld and Wishaw areas in particular. The Council intend to urgently contract with 4 existing providers, who did not participate in the aforementioned tender exercise, but who are already contracted to the Council to provide 1140 hour services until 31st July 2020. These 4 providers have a combined capacity of up to 171 children, and currently have approximately 73 funded children in their ante-pre-school year that are likely to request to return to these providers. By contracting with these additional 4 external providers, it will provide additional capacity for funded placements in the Cumbernauld and Wishaw areas while providing continuity for the 73 existing children likely to request to return. The 4 providers will be contracted for a single academic year only. .

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000613906
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB382081
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency 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
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80110000 - Pre-school education services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,216,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Feb 20206 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
25 Feb 20206 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MOTHERWELL
Postcode
ML1 1AB
Post Town
Motherwell
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM34 North Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM84 North Lanarkshire

Local Authority
North Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
Westminster Constituency
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
4
Supplier Names

BERTRAM NURSERY GROUP (HAPPITOTS NURSERY, CUMBERNAULD

BUCHANAN PARK NURSERY

CABBAGE PATCH NURSERY

COLLIN CARE LTD T/A KIDDIESHACK DAY NURSERY

Further Information

Notice Documents

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