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title: "927/2021 Croydon Best Start"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02db28"
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# 927/2021 Croydon Best Start

Buyer: CROYDON COUNCIL  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02db28

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## Summary

Croydon Council is currently seeking contractors for the "927/2021 Croydon Best Start" tender, which focuses on health and social work services in the UK. This procurement is in the active tender stage and will utilise an open procedure, with a total contract value of £3,436,000. The response deadline for interested bidders is 19th September 2021 at 23:59, and clarifications can be submitted until 10th September 2021. The project is divided into two lots: Lot 1 for Child Development and School Readiness services (£1,162,533) and Lot 2 for Parent Aspirations and Parenting Skills services (£205,000).

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses involved in health and social services, particularly those offering child development, early learning, and family support solutions. Companies specialising in parenting programmes, health visiting services, and community engagement initiatives may find this procurement aligns well with their capabilities. With a partnership approach emphasising collaborative service delivery, businesses that can demonstrate integrated strategies for supporting families with young children will be ideally positioned to compete.

## Notice

Croydon Council is seeking to engage contractors for the provision of Croydon Best Start. Croydon Best Start is a partnership approach to deliver services for expectant parents and children under five and their families. Maternity, health visiting and speech and language services, Children's Centres, early learning services, parenting teams, voluntary and community sector partners and council partners such as libraries and CALAT work together to provide services for very young families. The service is split into two Lot's: Lot 1 - Child Development and School Readiness services (PS1,162,533) (3 Sub-Lots, 1 Sub-Lot for each locality [North, Central and South]) Tenderers bidding for Lot 1 may bid for one, two or all three Sub-Lot's. Lot 2 - Parent Aspirations and Parenting Skills services (PS205,000) (6 Sub-Lots for each service within the offer) Tenderers bidding for Lot 2 may bid for one or more Sub-Lots. Key deadlines: The tender response deadline is: 23:59pm on 19th September 2021. The deadline for clarifications via the London Tenders Portal is: 12pm on 10th September 2021

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement will utilise the flexibility available by virtue of the Light Touch Regime and will be using an adapted open procedure to procure new services. The Contract value over the aggregated lifetime of the Contract is above the PCR 2015 threshold for Light Touch services (currently PS663,540) and a Find a Tender Service (FTS) Contract Notice will be posted. The opportunity will be advertised on the London Tenders Portal, Contracts Finder and the Council's website.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021433-2021 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Aug 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Sep 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £3,436,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CROYDON COUNCIL |
| Locality | CROYDON |
| Post town | Croydon |
| Postcode | CR9 1EA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South |
| ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Electoral ward | Addiscombe West |
| Westminster constituency | Croydon East |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 31 Aug 2021 at 11:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021433-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.croydon.gov.uk
- http://www.londontenders.org

## Provenance

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