--- title: "Market Sounding Exercise - Little Owls Daycare Provision" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "LEEDS CITY COUNCIL - PACS" published: "2024-08-19" --- # Market Sounding Exercise - Little Owls Daycare Provision Buyer: LEEDS CITY COUNCIL - PACS Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65.json) ## Summary Leeds City Council is conducting a Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) regarding the Little Owls Daycare Provision across multiple locations in Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom. This procurement process is currently in the planning stage, with an engagement end date set for 27th September 2024. The council aims to explore alternative options for delivering high-quality pre-school education and daycare services at several Little Owls nursery sites. Relevant parties can attend briefing events on 22nd August and 5th September 2024 to gain further insights. This procurement exercise presents an excellent opportunity for businesses in the pre-school education and daycare services industry, particularly those experienced in managing childcare facilities. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate. By engaging in this exercise, businesses can influence future procurement strategies and potentially secure contracts that enable growth and regional market presence. Interested organisations are invited to provide their insights and feedback to help shape a more efficient and focused procurement process. ## Notice Leeds City Council is looking into a potential procurement option to put in place future contractual arrangements for suitably qualified and experienced organisations to deliver the Little Owls Daycare Provision. Leeds City Council is currently exploring alternative options for the delivery of the Little Owls Daycare Provision at certain Little Owls nursery sites. We are seeking informal market sounding information from suitably qualified and experienced organisations that may be interested in delivering the provision at these sites. Leeds City Council wishes for high quality provision to children to continue to be delivered from these sites. We are interested in exploring options for other organisations to run and manage this delivery for children and are seeking the views of organisations to inform decision making on potential future arrangements. To support this, we would like to gain information from the market regarding a number of issues related to the potential procurement exercise. You are therefore invited to consider the programme requirements detailed in this document, and complete the attached questionnaire to give us your feedback on the proposed approach. This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. Leeds City Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, in order to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any potential procurement process more focused and efficient. The Little Owl settings that are the subject of this market sounding exercise are: * Bramley * Burley Park * City & Holbeck * Hawksworth Wood * Hunslet Rylestone * Hunslet St Mary's * Meanwood * Osmondthorpe * Parklands * Quarry Mount * Rothwell * Shepherds Lane Further information relating to the background, and engagement with parents can be found here - https://www.leeds.gov.uk/consultations-and-feedback/little-owls-review We will also be holding two 1-hour briefing events, on Thursday the 22nd August at 1-2pm and Thursday 5th September at 11am-12pm. If you wish to attend, or have general queries, please email LittleOwlsReview@leeds.gov.uk. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/297f54dd-5922-4ce8-9a9d-1cad7ae6c03f | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Aug 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 27 Sep 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | LEEDS CITY COUNCIL - PACS | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS1 1UR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 80110000 - Pre-school education services - 85312100 - Daycare services - 85312110 - Child daycare services ## Release History - 19 Aug 2024 at 13:17 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/297f54dd-5922-4ce8-9a9d-1cad7ae6c03f - 19 Aug 2024 at 12:58 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/297f54dd-5922-4ce8-9a9d-1cad7ae6c03f - 19 Aug 2024 at 07:57 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/297f54dd-5922-4ce8-9a9d-1cad7ae6c03f ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/297f54dd-5922-4ce8-9a9d-1cad7ae6c03f 19th August 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ The market sounding exercise can be found here on Yortender: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=79038&B=UK. Please use reference number '84815' ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=79038&B=UK - https://www.leeds.gov.uk/consultations-and-feedback/little-owls-review ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-cebe59f4-f986-4ae1-961d-1d6ec3df5c65.json.