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title: "Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support"
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# Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support

Buyer: HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-893e5f80-23f9-40ec-9577-f075e733a0bb

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## Summary

The procurement process is being led by Herefordshire Council for a project titled "Early Years Workforce Development: Speech and Language Support", aimed at improving support for young children with communication needs. This initiative falls under the education and training services sector, specifically targeting the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. The procurement method is an open procedure, and the contract is set to commence on 8 January 2019, lasting until 31 March 2021. The value of the contract is £500,000, with the submission deadline for tenders having ended on 19 November 2018.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) specialised in early years education and developmental support services. Businesses with expertise in training, speech and language therapy, and creating supportive learning environments for young children would be particularly well-suited to compete. The successful delivery of this contract could help enhance community services and foster long-term growth in the early years sector.

## Notice

Herefordshire is seeking to make a significant, fixed term, investment in the early years workforce that will deliver improved early identification and support for young children with speech, language and communication needs, and their families. A key objective is that the work, learning and benefit of the service is sustained beyond the lifetime of the contract. The primary outcomes that the service aims to achieve are to: enable the Early Years workforce to effectively support parents to understand how to develop their child's communication skills develop and strengthen the skills and capabilities across Herefordshire's Early Years offer and workforce so that the speech, language and communication needs of children aged under five years are better identified and supported ensuring that those skills capabilities are embedded and sustained across the Early Years offer and workforce beyond the lifetime of the contract improve attainment of early learning goals for communication and language to 95% for girls and 85% for boys at the end of reception year by April 2021 increase for Herefordshire's funded two year olds from 52.8% at the expected level for speaking at age 3years (62.0% for listening and attention, and 62.9% understanding) 2017, to a minimum of 54% and, 63% and 64% respectively by the end of the contract term. target settings achieving Communication Friendly Accreditation status new referrals of children aged under five to Herefordshire's speech and language therapy service are consistently appropriate To achieve these aims, the service will: deliver communication friendly setting accreditation and lead communication practitioners within target settings throughout Herefordshire deliver practitioner training for Elklan 'let's talk' or equivalent programmes support settings to deliver their own small group and individual work, using learning from evidence based programmes establish self-sustaining networks of lead communication practitioners establish and embed an online toolkit for use by families and professionals Herefordshire Council has published this opportunity on the 'Supplying the Southwest Portal'. To view the tender documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To Register with Supplying the Southwest Portal (Procontract) click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da199508-3db7-431f-9264-12e99ed99164 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jan 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Nov 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Dec 2018 |
| Contract period | 8 Jan 2019 - 31 Mar 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £500,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £500,000 |
| 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 | HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | HEREFORD |
| Post town | Hereford |
| Postcode | HR4 0LE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG11 Herefordshire, County of |
| Local authority | Herefordshire, County of |
| Electoral ward | Widemarsh |
| Westminster constituency | Hereford and South Herefordshire |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ELKLAN TRAINING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 21 Jan 2019 at 09:23 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da199508-3db7-431f-9264-12e99ed99164
- 17 Oct 2018 at 12:56 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47674993-a7a1-41e6-a32b-98a682b70373

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/da199508-3db7-431f-9264-12e99ed99164
  21st January 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47674993-a7a1-41e6-a32b-98a682b70373
  17th October 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk
- https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk

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