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# Best Start Lincolnshire Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/best-start-lincolnshire-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035213). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Lincolnshire County Council: "Best Start Lincolnshire Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Lincolnshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lincolnshire-county-council-ons-e10000019)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 September 2022 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKF3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,723,387 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-035213`

## 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/best-start-lincolnshire-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035213#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/best-start-lincolnshire-services-ocds-h6vhtk-035213#participate

## Description
Lincolnshire County Council requires the supply of a high quality Best Start Lincolnshire Service(s), broken down as two lots. Lot One: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service and Lot Two: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families from 1st April 2023.
Both Best Start Lincolnshire services are an integral part of the Council’s offer to Lincolnshire children in their early years. Both services shall also work as part of an integrated early years team alongside professionals within the Council’s wider early years services and alongside each other.  This shall also include partnership working with other relevant health and commissioned early years services

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Lot One: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service
The Service shall provide high-quality educational and fun sessions for children in their early years and their families to access. These sessions will support child development, early ...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** Lot Two: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families
The Service shall support vulnerable and hard to reach ethnic minority families with children in their early years to access the ...
- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2023 to 31/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot One: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service
- **Lot id:** `One`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** The Service shall provide high-quality educational and fun sessions for children in their early years and their families to access. These sessions will support child development, early learning, positive health outcomes and positive parenting, includ...

### Lot Two: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families
- **Lot id:** `Two`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKF

- **Description:** The Service shall support vulnerable and hard to reach ethnic minority families with children in their early years to access the Best Start Lincolnshire Early Years and Family Service and other relevant services in their local community that will sup...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Best Start Lincolnshire Service: Early Years and Family Service (active)
  - Award id: `031072-2022-LINCOLN001-DN620739-24509339-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Preschool Learning Alliance trading as Early Years Alliance**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-67529`
  - Value: £1,593,855 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families (active)
  - Award id: `031072-2022-LINCOLN001-DN620739-24509339-2`
  - Supplier(s): **PAB Languages Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-67530`
  - Value: £129,532 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Best Start Lincolnshire Service: Early Years and Family Service (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,593,855
  - Signed Date: 03/11/2022

- **Contract:** Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families (active)
  - Signed Value: £129,532
  - Signed Date: 03/11/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F031072-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-03T12:53:06.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T23:02:51.115Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-035213