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title: "Affordable Childcare for Working Parents"
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# Affordable Childcare for Working Parents

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/affordable-childcare-for-working-parents-ocds-h6vhtk-045893). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The City of Edinburgh Council: "Affordable Childcare for Working Parents". Published status: complete. Framework Ceiling: £1,440,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The City of Edinburgh Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-edinburgh-council-ons-s12000036)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,440,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Child daycare services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-045893`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/affordable-childcare-for-working-parents-ocds-h6vhtk-045893#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/affordable-childcare-for-working-parents-ocds-h6vhtk-045893#participate

## Description
The Council requires registered childcare providers in the highest areas of deprivation in the city, defined as SIMD1 and/or 2, to ensure that there is childcare provision available to support low income working families to access subsidised childcare provision in each of the four localities in Edinburgh.  The service will deliver early years and school age childcare year-round for children aged 0 - 12 years for Edinburgh families. They will be a partner provider for the Affordable Childcare for Working Parents service. This means working with the Council to offer childcare places to low-income families that are assessed by the Council as being eligible for a subsidised space.
The childcare provider(s) will work with the Council to refer any parents who are/would be struggling financially to pay for childcare to a central Council team who will provide a financial assessment to ensure that these families are accessing all available financial interventions, such as Universal Credit, tax-free childcare and 1140 hours. If the cost of childcare would still leave the family in poverty, they may be eligible for a subsidised place where a vacancy exists.  This contract 4.11.	It is recognised that this service would incur an additional administrative obligation for the childcare provider and so funding would be provided to support this. The budget allowance is estimated to be up to a maximum of 20000 GBP per annum per sublot for each of the four localities.

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: North West Locality
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £360,000
- **Description:** Lot 1 North West Locality Maximum of 60000 GBP per annum
sublot a - Childcare provider offering childcare for 0-3 year olds 20000GBP
sublot b - Childcare provider offering childcare for 3-5 year olds 20000GBP
sublot c Childcare provider offering chil...

### Lot 2: North East Locality
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £360,000
- **Description:** North East Locality - Maximum of 60000 GBP per annum
sub lot a Childcare provider offering childcare for 0-3 year olds
sub lot b Childcare provider offering childcare for 3-5 year olds
sublot c Childcare provider offering childcare for school aged ch...

### Lot 3: South West Locality
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £360,000
- **Description:** Lot 3 – South West Locality Maximum of 60000 GBP per annum
Sublot a - Childcare provider offering childcare for 0-3 year olds
Sublot b - Childcare provider offering childcare for 3-5 year olds
Sublot c- Childcare provider offering childcare for schoo...

### Lot 4: South East Locality
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £360,000
- **Description:** Lot 4 South East Locality - Maximum of 60000GBP per annum
sublot a - Childcare provider offering childcare for 0-3 year olds
sublot b - Childcare provider offering childcare for 3-5 year olds
sublot c -  Childcare provider offering childcare for scho...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** North East Locality (active)
  - Award id: `028026-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **North Edinburgh Childcare**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118297`
  - Value: £120,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** South West Locality (active)
  - Award id: `028026-2024-2`
  - Supplier(s): **smilechildcare Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-123230`
  - Value: £331,380 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** South East Locality (active)
  - Award id: `028026-2024-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Childcare Connections**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-123231`
  - Value: £120,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** North West Locality (active)
  - Award id: `028026-2024-4`
  - Supplier(s): **North Edinburgh Childcare, waterfront Nursery Edinburgh College**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-118297`, `GB-FTS-123232`
  - Value: £360,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** North East Locality (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000
  - Signed Date: 13/08/2024

- **Contract:** South West Locality (active)
  - Signed Value: £331,380
  - Signed Date: 13/08/2024

- **Contract:** South East Locality (active)
  - Signed Value: £120,000
  - Signed Date: 13/08/2024

- **Contract:** North West Locality (active)
  - Signed Value: £360,000
  - Signed Date: 13/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028026-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-03T07:57:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T04:39:37.579Z
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