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title: "School Age Childcare Early Adopting Communities Project"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-049407"
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# School Age Childcare Early Adopting Communities Project

Buyer: CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-049407

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## Summary

The procurement process, overseen by Clackmannanshire Council, involves the expansion of the School Age Childcare Early Adopting Communities Project, with significant services funding provided by the Scottish Government. This initiative targets child daycare services under the CPV classification "Child daycare services," and operates within the UKM72 region, focusing on Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The process is currently in the contract update stage, with recent developments extending the project across the 2026/2027 financial year. The project's contract period runs from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2027 and has a substantial value of £10,649,523.90 GBP. The procurement method utilised is a limited procedure without prior publication, adhering to technical reasons laid out by the grant’s conditions.

This tender presents ample opportunities for businesses in child daycare services, especially those capable of supporting community-based childcare systems in Clackmannanshire. It particularly benefits organisations offering family support, employability services, and child activity provisions. Given its focus on expanding service capacity, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) experienced in managing childcare projects are well-poised to contribute to and benefit from this initiative. The involvement of multiple suppliers, including Thrive Outdoors, Community House Ltd, Connect Alloa, and others, indicates collaborative opportunities to enhance local childcare infrastructure, thus fostering business growth and enriching community welfare.

## Notice

The Council is to continue to develop and test a community-based system of school age childcare in Alloa South and East Clackmannanshire and expand this system to include additional communities, over the relevant financial years. The Council will continue to provide targeted school age childcare for children who are recognised as being within one of the six priority groups set out in the Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26 or within the locally recognised priority family of care experienced. Over the relevant financial years, the Council will increase the capacity of the Project to support the number of children receiving childcare in the South and East Alloa area, including the frequency and duration of available provision; the project will expand beyond this area into other targeted Clackmannanshire areas.

### Procurement Information

Following Phase 1 & 2 funding received from the Scottish Ministers for Clackmannanshire Council's Early Adopting Communities Project, the Council has received further funding to continue to develop and test a community-based system of before and after school childcare and during holiday periods where families on lowest incomes will pay nothing. The Scottish Ministers funded Project includes for the provision of funding to named providers including Clackmannanshire Sport and Leisure, Community House Alloa, Hawkhill Community Association, Connect Alloa, Play Alloa, Kidz-World, Alva Play Pals, Clackmannan Development Trust, The Gate - Alloa, Forest School Association, Clackmannanshire Economic Development Trust, Stramash, Little Stars, Flying Start Nursery, Glenview Nursery, Action for Children, Homestart, NHS Forth Valley, SCMA, Promoting a More Inclusive Society (PAMIS), Ochil Youth Community Initiative (OYCI, family Support Collaborative. On the basis the funding is to be provided to named providers in terms of the grant conditions and the possibility of competition is therefore absent for technical reasons, the Council intends to rely on Regulation 33 (1)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to enter into contracts directly with the named providers

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036957-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 19 Aug 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £19,457,025 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | ALLOA |
| Post town | Falkirk and Stirling |
| Postcode | FK10 1EB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife |
| Local authority | Clackmannanshire |
| Electoral ward | Clackmannanshire South |
| Westminster constituency | Alloa and Grangemouth |
| Delivery location | TLM72 Clackmannanshire and Fife |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 20 |
| Supplier names | ACTION FOR CHILDREN SCOTLAND; ALVA PLAY PALS OUT OF SCHOOL CARE; CERT; CLACKMANNAN COUNCIL; CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL; COMMUNITY HOUSE; CONNECT ALLOA; FLYING START NURSERY; GLENVIEW COTTAGE NURSERY; KIDZ WORLD NURSERY; LITTLE STARS (STIRLING; MRS; OCHIL YOUTHS COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT; PAMIS (PROMOTING A MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY; PLAY ALLOA; SAFE FAMILIES; SCOTTISH CHILDMINDING ASSOCIATION; STRAMASH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE; THE GATE; THRIVE OUTDOORS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85312110 - Child daycare services

## Release History

- 23 Apr 2026 at 09:54 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036957-2026
- 17 Nov 2025 at 12:27 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074368-2025
- 27 Aug 2024 at 10:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027249-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000771612
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00260

## Provenance

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