--- title: "DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT" published: "2024-10-10" --- # DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04a7c3.json) ## Summary The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, is in the planning stage of commissioning a comprehensive evaluation of six 'early adopter communities' as part of the DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation project. Focused on social research services within the public services sector, this tender seeks to assess various local, place-based childcare approaches. The procurement, valued at £250,000, is set to unfold across the UK, specifically targeting regions within Scotland (UKM). The evaluation aims to provide insights into effective systems of childcare from very early years up to the end of primary school, with an emphasis on supporting low-income families. The tentative date for future notice is 22nd October 2024. This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses involved in social research, economic impact assessment, and childcare policy evaluation to contribute to significant social development projects. It is particularly suited for firms specialising in impact evaluations, process assessments, and those with experience in developing and refining monitoring frameworks. The project underscores the Scottish Government's commitment to enhancing childcare systems and tackling child poverty, offering participating businesses a platform to influence policy and create broad socio-economic benefits. This work can bolster a company's portfolio in public sector collaborations and provide substantial opportunities for growth in the governmental and social services sectors. ## Notice The Scottish Government, on behalf of the Scottish Ministers, wishes to commission a process, impact and economic evaluation of six 'early adopter communities' who are testing out local, place-based approaches to childcare from the very early years up to the end of primary school. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The Scottish Government has committed to building a system of school age childcare that provides care before and after school, all year round, to support parents and carers - particularly on low incomes - to access secure and stable employment. The School Age Childcare Transformational Change Programme was established to deliver this commitment. The Programme is taking a phased approach to policy design in order to test and refine what an effective system will look like in different communities, and to adapt and scale different approaches. This includes work within six 'early adopter communities' (EACs) to understand how to co-design local systems of childcare which will meet the needs of families living within those communities. This work is targeted at families most at risk of living in poverty, as set out in Best Start, Bright Futures, the Scottish Government's tackling child poverty delivery plan. In the 2023 Programme for Government, Scottish Government also made a commitment to expand the EACs to include families with younger children for the first time. This will mainly focus on children up to age three, given that all three- and four-year-olds (and eligible two-year-olds) are already entitled to 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare. In the coming year the EACs will conduct engagement work with families to better understand their needs in relation to childcare for younger children. Some limited delivery will also begin for families in selected communities where this engagement work has already taken place. The contractor will be required to build on a first phase of evaluation of the EACs (which involved development of a theory of change and a monitoring and evaluation framework, an early process evaluation, and an evaluability assessment) and work with the Scottish Government to meet the aims outlined below. This next phase of work is to provide robust findings on the impact of these community-based childcare projects on children and families, their economic benefit, and on how these changes are enabled. These findings will in turn inform both continuous improvement for local partners and wider local and national childcare policy. The aims of this evaluation are: 1. Scope and refine a detailed evaluation approach, building on a preliminary evaluability assessment. 2. Work with leads and partners in the EACs to refine and improve monitoring and evaluation data, as required 3. Conduct a process evaluation across all 6 EACs 4. Conduct an impact evaluation across all 6 EACs 5. Conduct an economic evaluation across all 6 EACs. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032682-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Oct 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 21 Oct 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £250,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT | | Locality | EDINBURGH | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH6 6QQ | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh | | Local authority | City of Edinburgh | | Electoral ward | Leith | | Westminster constituency | Edinburgh North and Leith | | Delivery location | TLM Scotland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79311410 - Economic impact assessment - 79315000 - Social research services ## Release History - 10 Oct 2024 at 15:12 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032682-2024 ## Notice URLs - http://www.scotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=780284 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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