Published date: 7 March 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 12 December 2022, 9am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Pre-school education services - 80110000

Location of contract

SW1P 3BT

Value of contract

£0 to £825,000

Procurement reference

tender_308888/1187542

Published date

7 March 2023

Closing date

12 December 2022

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

1 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This contract is for the provision of expert professional services (including peer support) to support local authorities (LAs) in fulfilling their statutory sufficiency duties. The support will be delivered in the Financial Years 2022-25 and will relate to supporting the delivery of sufficient childcare and early education places across local areas to meet parental demand for the early years entitlements and to ensure that there are sufficient places for children aged 0-14 (or up to 18 for disabled children) to enable parents to work or participate in education or training for employment.

The contractor will offer support to LAs in restoring or improving childcare sufficiency in their local areas through a mixed package of tailored support to diagnose sufficiency issues and assist LAs in implementing and embedding sustainable improvements. This will be delivered by:
1. Providing reactive support and challenge to LAs identified as failing (or at imminent risk of failing) in their duty to secure sufficient childcare for parents to work or participate in education or training, and for children eligible for the early education entitlements.
2. Providing proactive preventative and improvement support and challenge to LAs to facilitate the maintenance or improvement of local childcare sufficiency.
3. Where appropriate, administering discrete projeejct funding to support LAs to implement recommendations made during the reactive or proactive support activity at 1 and 2 above where available finances are evidencable as a barrier to achieving the desired outcome.
4. Providing an overarching project management function to enable 1, 2 and 3 above. This will include organisation of contract management activity including reporting and engaging with DfE, and evaluating support activity and funding outcomes.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Local Authority Childcare Sufficiency Support Contract

  • Opportunity
  • Published 2 November 2022

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Additional text

This Open procurement was undertaken in accordance with Regulation 27 of PCR 2015 and conducted electronically via Jaggaer e-tendering portal. For access to future opportunities, please refer to the portal.

Award information

Awarded date

18 January 2023

Contract start date

1 February 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£825,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Hempsall Consultancies Limited

Address

Phoenix Square, Studio 2, 15 Morledge Street, Leicester, LE1 1TA

Reference

Companies House number: 4746844

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

Craig.HEATLEY@education.gov.uk