--- title: "DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" 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-r6ebe6-0000780284 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284.json) ## Summary The Scottish Government, located in Edinburgh, is currently in the planning stage for a public procurement process titled "DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation". This initiative falls under the industry categories of general public services and education. The evaluation aims to assess local, place-based approaches to childcare within six early adopter communities. The procurement, which is valued at £250,000, is classified as a service under the CPV code 79315000. A planned procurement notice has been published with a subsequent detailed notice expected on 22nd October 2024. This initiative is part of the Scottish Government's School Age Childcare Transformational Change Programme and supports families, particularly those on low incomes, in accessing stable employment. This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in evaluation services, particularly those with experience in childcare, economic evaluation, and community-based projects. Firms that can demonstrate robust methodologies for impact, economic, and process evaluations will be well-suited to compete. The successful contractor will be responsible for building on previous evaluation work and collaborating with local partners to deliver comprehensive findings that inform both local continuous improvements and wider national childcare policies. Businesses that excel in data collection, analysis, and community engagement are encouraged to consider this tender, as it offers an avenue to contribute to significant social impact initiatives while expanding their portfolio in the public sector. ## 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 | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT515992 | | Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information 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 | 22 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 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT515992 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT515992 DLEARN-Childcare Early Adopter Communities - Full Evaluation - 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. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=780284 - http://www.scotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000780284 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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