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DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Process, Impact & Spend Evaluation

Scottish Government

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

07 Feb 2025 at 00:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
TenderUpdate

19 Nov 2024 at 00:00

OJEU - F14 - Corrigendum
Tender

25 Oct 2024 at 01:00

OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has concluded an open procurement process to award a contract for the evaluation of 'early adopter communities' aimed at advancing local, place-based approaches to childcare from early years to the end of primary school. The winning contractor, Ipsos (market research) Ltd, will conduct a comprehensive evaluation including the process, impact, and spending within six such communities across the UK. This project supports the Scottish Government's commitment to developing a childcare system supportive of working parents, particularly those with low incomes. Key dates include the contract's commencement on 14 February 2025 and its expected completion by 31 August 2026. The contract has an awarded value of £244,959 GBP and was signed on 3 February 2025. The initial tender was issued on 25 October 2024, with applications initially closing on 29 November 2024, before being extended to 2 December 2024.

This evaluation project presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in social research, project evaluation, and childcare system analysis. Companies with expertise in these fields can leverage their insights and methodologies to refine and enhance childcare strategies within these early adopter communities. The open procedure of the procurement method ensures wide participation, making the opportunity ideal for entities with strong technical and financial capacities as outlined in the selection criteria. This initiative aligns with ongoing efforts to mitigate child poverty and could act as a platform for influencing broader childcare policies, offering substantial potential for firms looking to expand their footprint in public sector projects and social impact evaluations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Process, Impact & Spend Evaluation

Notice Description

The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, has awarded a contract for a process, impact and spend evaluation of six 'early adopter communities' who are testing out local, place-based approaches to childcare from the very early years up to the end of primary school.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Government has committed to building a system of school age childcare that provides care before and after school, all year round, to support parents and carers - particularly on low incomes - to access secure and stable employment. The School Age Childcare Transformational Change Programme was established to deliver this commitment. The Programme is taking a phased approach to policy design in order to test and refine what an effective system will look like in different communities, and to adapt and scale different approaches. This includes work within six 'early adopter communities' (EACs) to understand how to co-design local systems of childcare which will meet the needs of families living within those communities. This work is targeted at families most at risk of living in poverty, as set out in Best Start, Bright Futures, the Scottish Government's tackling child poverty delivery plan. In the 2023 Programme for Government, Scottish Government also made a commitment to expand the EACs to include families with younger children for the first time. This will mainly focus on children up to age three, given that all three- and four-year-olds (and eligible two-year-olds) are already entitled to 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare. In the coming year the EACs will conduct engagement work with families to better understand their needs in relation to childcare for younger children. Some limited delivery will also begin for families in selected communities where this engagement work has already taken place. The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a process, impact and spend evaluation of the EACs. The contractor will be required to build on a first phase of evaluation of the EACs (which involved development of a theory of change and a monitoring and evaluation framework, an early process evaluation, and an evaluability assessment) and work with the Scottish Government to meet the aims outlined below. This next phase of work is to provide robust findings on the impact of these community-based childcare projects on children and families, how these changes are enabled, and how the resources put into the EACs have been used. These findings will in turn inform both continuous improvement for local partners and wider local and national childcare policy. The aims of this evaluation are: 1. Scope and refine a detailed evaluation approach, building on a preliminary evaluability assessment. 2. Work with leads and partners in the EACs to refine and improve monitoring and evaluation data, as required 3. Conduct a process evaluation across all 6 EACs 4. Conduct an early impact evaluation across all 6 EACs 5. Conduct a spend evaluation across all 6 EACs.

Renewal: Option to extend for a further 3-month period at the sole discretion of the Scottish Government.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000781467
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB523488
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79311410 - Economic impact assessment

79315000 - Social research services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£250,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£250,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£244,959 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Nov 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
14 Feb 2025 - 31 Aug 2026 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
G2 8LU
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Ipsos (market research) Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT516977
    DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Process, Impact & Spend Evaluation - The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a process, impact and spend evaluation of six 'early adopter communities' who are testing out local, place-based approaches to childcare from the very early years up to the end of primary school.
  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB523488
    DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Process, Impact & Spend Evaluation - The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, has awarded a contract for a process, impact and spend evaluation of six 'early adopter communities' who are testing out local, place-based approaches to childcare from the very early years up to the end of primary school.

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