Published date: 5 September 2016

This notice was replaced on 5 September 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 May 2017)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial and insurance services - 66000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£3,000,000 to £8,000,000

Procurement reference

1362

Published date

5 September 2016

Closing date

3 October 2016

Contract start date

31 March 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2039

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This Contract Notice is issued by the Department for Education (DfE) and is an opportunity relating to the establishment of a funding vehicle (the "Early Years Investment Fund" ("EYIF")) designed to increase the provision of early years places in England, focusing on those private and voluntary providers who will deliver the 30 hours of free childcare that will be available to working families from September 2017.

See 'Attachments' for further details.

More information

Attachments

Links

Additional text

Registering to use Huddle and submission of PQQ responses: Requests to participate must be made by completion and return of a Pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). The PQQ and other procurement documents (including the Descriptive Document) are available through the following URL link: https://files.mills-reeve.com/app?operation=pubopp&id=1472566682987X10A1A21A8Rwb8r

In order to submit a completed PQQ response Suppliers must register to use "Huddle" (which is the on-line platform to be used by the DfE for the remainder of this procurement process and through which completed PQQ responses must be submitted). Suppliers should therefore read the "Instructions to Suppliers" document, which is also available through the above link, and ensure they follow the instructions to register to use Huddle in good time to be able to submit a PQQ response by the PQQ response deadline.

The DfE reserves the right to discontinue the procurement process at any time, which shall include the right not to award contracts/s and does not bind itself to accept the lowest tender, or any tender received, and reserves the right to award the contract/s in part, or to call for new tenders should it consider this necessary.

The DfE shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any Supplier in connection with the completion and return of the information requested in this notice or in participating in this procurement process, irrespective of the outcome of the competition or if the competition is cancelled or postponed.

All dates, time periods and values specified in this notice are provisional and the DfE reserves the right to change these.

About the buyer

Contact name

Emily Braid, Jamilah Shah

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

earlyyears.FUND@education.gsi.gov.uk