Published date: 20 July 2018

Last edited date: 20 July 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£250,000 to £6,500,000

Procurement reference

1532

Published date

20 July 2018

Closing date

27 July 2018

Contract start date

1 October 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

See 'Attachments' for further information.

Please note that this is a grant opportunity through the Early Years Disadvantage VCS Grant Programme to help develop and further our strategic aims to support two early years disadvantage delivery priorities:

Priority 1: Closing the Disadvantage Gap at age 5

Priority 2: Early Years Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (EYSEND)

We are making available up to a maximum of £6.5 million in early years grant funding to VCS organisations for an 18-month period (up to £2.8m from Oct'18- Mar'19 and up to £3.7m from Apr'19 - Mar'20) to help deliver activities in support of one or more of the above early years disadvantage targeted priorities.

Grants will be awarded across each of these two priority themes. The exact number and size of individual grants will depend on the range and quality of bids received but we are expecting to award fewer grants than in previous rounds.

VCS organisations may submit bids related to one or more priority area but no more than two applications per organisation. A separate application form must be completed for each priority area.

Applications will be assessed and prioritised according to the extent to which they meet the assessment criteria described in the application form.

Any questions related to points of clarification or process must be submitted by 5pm Friday 13th July 2018 to: EnquiriesEarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk

To note: We are not seeking to fund research related activity, pilots, small scale local innovation/delivery projects, services or activities which we would expect to be commissioned locally.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

E-mail for queries: EnquiriesEarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk

Email for application forms to be sent: EarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street,
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

EnquiriesEarlyYears.VCSGRANTS@education.gov.uk