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title: "Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract"
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# Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a37afe9-7ec0-4f10-a376-f89d18d8f294

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## Summary

The Department for Education has awarded the "Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract" to Hempsall Consultancies Limited. The contract, valued at £825,000 and running from 1st February 2023 to 31st March 2025, aims to provide expert professional services to support local authorities in meeting their childcare sufficiency duties. The contract was awarded on 18th January 2023 following an electronic procurement process via the Jaggaer e-tendering portal.

This contract presents an opportunity for small and voluntary sector enterprises to engage in delivering tailored support to local authorities. Businesses in the pre-school education services industry located across various regions in the United Kingdom are suitably positioned to participate in providing support for childcare sufficiency. The Department for Education is actively engaging with suppliers to ensure the successful implementation of the contract, offering opportunities for business growth and collaboration.

## Notice

This contract is for the provision of expert professional services (including peer support) to support local authorities (LAs) in fulfilling their statutory sufficiency duties. The support will be delivered in the Financial Years 2022-25 and will relate to supporting the delivery of sufficient childcare and early education places across local areas to meet parental demand for the early years entitlements and to ensure that there are sufficient places for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children) to enable parents to work or participate in education or training for employment. The contractor will offer support to LAs in restoring or improving childcare sufficiency in their local areas through a mixed package of tailored support to diagnose sufficiency issues and assist LAs in implementing and embedding sustainable improvements. This will be delivered by: 1. Providing reactive support and challenge to LAs identified as failing (or at imminent risk of failing) in their duty to secure sufficient childcare for parents to work or participate in education or training, and for children eligible for the early education entitlements. 2. Providing proactive preventative and improvement support and challenge to LAs to facilitate the maintenance or improvement of local childcare sufficiency. 3. Where appropriate, administering discrete projeejct funding to support LAs to implement recommendations made during the reactive or proactive support activity at 1 and 2 above where available finances are evidencable as a barrier to achieving the desired outcome. 4. Providing an overarching project management function to enable 1, 2 and 3 above. This will include organisation of contract management activity including reporting and engaging with DfE, and evaluating support activity and funding outcomes. Additional information: This Open procurement was undertaken in accordance with Regulation 27 of PCR 2015 and conducted electronically via Jaggaer e-tendering portal. For access to future opportunities, please refer to the portal.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9909dea-dd85-4556-a6e5-adc82c31514d |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Mar 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | 31 Oct 2022 |
| Award date | 18 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | 1 Feb 2023 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £825,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £825,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | SHEFFIELD |
| Post town | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S1 2FJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HEMPSALL CONSULTANCIES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80110000 - Pre-school education services

## Release History

- 7 Mar 2023 at 14:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9909dea-dd85-4556-a6e5-adc82c31514d
- 2 Nov 2022 at 09:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f116134-fb61-4fd2-980a-3dc7ce2aac47
- 30 Sep 2022 at 10:46 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a73ca294-a47f-401b-9c80-42c5a1db8376

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a9909dea-dd85-4556-a6e5-adc82c31514d
  7th March 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1f116134-fb61-4fd2-980a-3dc7ce2aac47
  2nd November 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a73ca294-a47f-401b-9c80-42c5a1db8376
  30th September 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
  Jaggaer
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f6687a3f-5821-41db-a2bf-5e646edf02ce
  n/a

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