Official UK procurement notice
Carmarthenshire Flying Start Childcare Services Refresh Tender 1
Authority: Carmarthenshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought25 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe following tender has been extended until 2pm 30th September 2021.
Flying Start Refresh Tender 1
Carmarthenshire County Council is re-commissioning the Flying Start childcare service and seeking to procure childcare providers to deliver high quality funded childcare to all eligible 2-3-year-old children, from local authority venues and from providers’ own venues from 1st January 2021, in the following areas;
Burry Port, Pwll, Llanerch, Trimsaran.
The Flying Start childcare is being commissioned on a fixed price model, in line with Flying Start programmes across Wales. The rate has been set at GBP13.80 for Lots 8 and 9 and GBP14.80 for Lots 13, 17, 21, 23 and 24.
A discretionary sustainability grant will be made available for providers against a set list of eligibility criteria.
Carmarthenshire County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This can be
found at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗ , all information may be downloaded and returned though this channel.
The Services to which this Notice relates fall within the Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). Although
the Contracting Authority may voluntarily adopt certain provisions in the Regulations neither the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulation 74. The Contracting Authority may, from time to time, at its absolute discretion, undertake a renewal (Renewal) of this Framework Agreement during the Term. The Renewal may include, but shall not be limited to, varying the number, scope, extent and description of the Lots, Services and/or Charges (as the case may be), together with the
appointment of additional (new) Providers onto the Framework Agreement.
- Recurrence: September 2027
CPV: Child daycare services · Pre-school education services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids on the busiest of 16 lots · 13 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
6 yrs 7 mo from 1 Sept 2021, The Services to which this Notice relates fall within the Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Regulation 33, in particular 33(3), does not apply to this procurement.
Lots and requirements (25)Procurement structure
25 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1MorfaCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Intergrated Children’s Centre at Maes-Y-Morfa Primary School, Morfa, Llanelli, SA15 2AP
42 weeks per annum
Estimated 40 children (2 sessions a day, 20 children per session)
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #2Llanelli TownCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Ysgol Pen Rhos – Flying Start Facility, Copperworks Road, Llanelli, SA15 2NG
42 weeks per annum
Estimated 40 children (2 sessions a day, 20 children per session)
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #3Bynea Primary SchoolCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Bynea Primary School – Flying Start Facility, Saron Road, Llanelli, SA14 9LT
39 weeks & 15 Family days per annum
Estimated 32 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #4FelinfoelCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Felinfoel Intergrated Children’s Centre, Ysgol Y Felin, Felinfoel, Llanelli, SA14 8BE
42 weeks per annum
Estimated 24 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #5DafenCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Dafen Primary School – Flying Start Portacabin, Lon Yr Ysgol, Dafen, Llanelli, SA14 8LL
39 weeks and 15 family sessions per annum
Estimated 20 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #6Garnant & GlanamanCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Ysgol Y Bedol – Flying Start Facility, Folland Road, Garnant, Ammanford, SA18 2GB
42 weeks per annum
Estimated 28 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #7PembreyCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Pembrey Primary School – Flying Start Portacabin, Ashburnham Road, Pembrey, SA16 0TP
39 weeks and 15 family sessions per annum
Estimated 10 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #8Burry PortCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Ysgol Parc Y Tywyn – Flying Start Facility, Heol Y Bardd, Burry Port, SA16 0NL
Estimated 10 children
Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #9Burry Port SchoolCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Burry Port Community School – Flying Start Facility, Burry Port, SA16 0EU
39 weeks and 15 family sessions per annum
Estimated 10 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium Provider
Lot #10Richmond ParkCancelled
Childcare required at Flying Start venue:
Richmond Park Primary – Flying Start Facility, Priory Street, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA31 1NB
39 weeks and 15 family sessions per annum
Estimated 16 children
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #11Own Childcare Venue - BigynCancelled
Childcare required at providers own venue in Bigyn.
3 providers required for this Lot.
Estimated 20 places to be purchased per provider by Flying Start
Welsh Medium and English Medium setting or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #12Own Childcare Venue - LakefieldCancelled
Childcare required at providers own venue in Lakefield.
1 provider required for this Lot.
Estimated 10 places to be purchased by Flying Start
Welsh Medium and English Medium setting or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #13Own Childcare Venue - PwllCancelled
Childcare required at providers own venue in Pwll.
1 provider required for this Lot.
Estimated 8 places to be purchased by Flying Start
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #14Own Childcare Venue - Ammanford TownCancelled
Childcare required at existing venue in Ammanford Town.
1 provider required for this Lot.
Estimated 30 places to be purchased by Flying Start
Welsh Medium and English Medium or Welsh Medium Provider
Lot #15Needs Led Provision Ammanford & Surrounding AreasCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care outside of the flying Start catchment area to accommodate Flying Start families that have moved out of Ammanford Town but are still eligible for childcare
Lot #16Needs Led Provision Llanerch AreaCancelled
Providers that can accommodate sessional/full day care in the targeted area of Llanerch
Lot #17Needs Led Provision Llanelli TownCancelled
Providers to deliver Welsh language full day care
Lot #18Needs Led Provision Garnant & GlanamanCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care
Lot #19Needs Led Provision Llwynhendy/ByneaCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care and support families in accessing Flying Start Childcare through a transport provision
Lot #20Needs Led Provision - Felinfoel & DafenCancelled
Contract Award Notice.
Carmarthenshire County Council is re-commissioning the Flying Start childcare service and seeking to procure childcare providers to deliver high quality funded childcare to all eligible 2-3-year-old children, from local authority venues and from providers’ own venues from 1st September 2021
Lot #21Needs Led Provision Burry PortCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care
Lot #22Needs Led Provision PembreyCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care
Lot #23Needs Led Provision Pwll - Hengoed WardCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care in the targeted area of Hengoed and support families from Maengwynne in accessing Flying Start Childcare through a possible transport provision
Lot #24Needs Led Provision TrimsaranCancelled
Providers that can accommodate full day care
Lot #25Needs Led Provision CarmarthenCancelled
Providers that can accommodate Welsh language full day care
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Quality Only: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Only: 100
- Price: 0
- “Carmarthenshire Flying Start Childcare Services Refresh Tender 1” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use the vehicle
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · September 2027
- First published
- 28 Jan 2021, 09:48 GMT
- Last source update
- 7 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Sept 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000390- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028e02Find a Tender
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How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 30 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Sept 2021, 14:30 BST
Timeline
22 Feb 2021 → 7 Jan 2025 · 5 dates- Next notice expected22 Feb 2021
- Contract starts1 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown30 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened30 Sept 2021, 14:30 BST
- Notice published7 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 8 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Feb 2021- Status changed to active24 Feb 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Feb 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Deadline published: 31 Mar 2021, 14:00 BST24 Feb 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2021, 12:45 BST
- Status changed to active15 Jul 2021, 11:34 BST
- Deadline moved to 31 Aug 2021, 14:00 BST15 Jul 2021, 11:34 BST+153 days · was 31 Mar 2021, 14:00 BST
- Deadline moved to 30 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST7 Sept 2021, 12:44 BST+30 days · was 31 Aug 2021, 14:00 BST
- Status changed to unsuccessful7 Jan 2025, 15:58 GMT
Routine re-releases (8)
- 2021-07: 3 releases · 14 Jul 2021, 16 Jul 2021
- 2021-02: 1 release · 24 Feb 2021
- 2021-01: 1 release · 28 Jan 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast17 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 8 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 2 - Llanelli Town
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £793,137
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Felinfoel
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £510,366
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 5 - Dafen
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £396,568
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 6 - Garnant & Glanaman
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £595,427
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 7 - Pembrey
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £198,284
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 11 - Own Childcare Venue - Bigyn
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £1,275,916
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 12 - Own Childcare Venue - Lakefield
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £212,652
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 14 - Own Childcare Venue - Ammanford Town
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £637,958
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 15 - Needs Led Provision Ammanford & Surrounding Areas
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 16 - Needs Led Provision Llanerch Area
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 18 - Needs Led Provision Garnant & Glanaman
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Lot 19 - Needs Led Provision Llwynhendy/Bynea
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 20 - Needs Led Provision - Felinfoel & Dafen
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Lot 22 - Needs Led Provision Pembrey
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 25 - Needs Led Provision Carmarthen
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Morfa
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- £793,137
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Lot 20 - Needs Led Provision - Felinfoel & Dafen
- Signed
- 25 May 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- 1 Sept 2021 – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
- Change Playroom Management Services were also awarded to Lot 20 - Needs Led Provision - Felinfoel & Dafen., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Supplier not included in original Contract Award Notice by error.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Morfa | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Llanelli Town | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Felinfoel | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Dafen | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 6 · Garnant & Glanaman | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 7 · Pembrey | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 11 · Own Childcare Venue - Bigyn | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 12 · Own Childcare Venue - Lakefield | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 14 · Own Childcare Venue - Ammanford Town | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 15 · Needs Led Provision Ammanford & Surrounding Areas | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 16 · Needs Led Provision Llanerch Area | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 18 · Needs Led Provision Garnant & Glanaman | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 19 · Needs Led Provision Llwynhendy/Bynea | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 20 · Needs Led Provision - Felinfoel & Dafen | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 22 · Needs Led Provision Pembrey | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 25 · Needs Led Provision Carmarthen | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
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- CYCAFramework contractor
- Camau TirionFramework contractor
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- Cylch Meithrin Eco TywiFramework contractor
- Cylch Meithrin FelinfoelFramework contractor
- Cylch Meithrin Ysgol y BedolFramework contractor
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- Once Upon A Time Day NurseryFramework contractor
- POBL BACH LTDFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria