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title: "con_23980 - Delivery Partner Support Contract (Early Years and Wraparound Childcare)"
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# con_23980 - Delivery Partner Support Contract (Early Years and Wraparound Childcare)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/con-23980-delivery-partner-support-contract-early-years-and-wraparound-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "con_23980 - Delivery Partner Support Contract (Early Years and Wraparound Childcare)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £6,850,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: education.app.jaggaer.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** £6,850,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 November 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administration services, Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £6,814,923 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/con-23980-delivery-partner-support-contract-early-years-and-wraparound-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b`

## 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/con-23980-delivery-partner-support-contract-early-years-and-wraparound-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [education.app.jaggaer.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Feducation.app.jaggaer.com%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/con-23980-delivery-partner-support-contract-early-years-and-wraparound-childcare-ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b#participate

## Description
The purpose of this procurement is to provide the requirements for a contract to provide specialist support for local authorities (LAs) to enable them to deliver:
a) their Early Years (EY) and wraparound childcare sufficiency duties;
b) the expansion to the EY entitlements announced at the 2023 Spring Budget; and
c) the wraparound childcare programme announced at the 2023 Spring Budget.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75100000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** LAs are integral to the delivery of these programmes but require additional support to ensure they are in the best possible position to provide flexible and appropriate childcare in their areas. This tender seeks innovative bids from Potential Suppli...
- **Contract Period:** 08/01/2024 to 31/03/2026

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Delivery Partner Support Contract (Early Years and Wraparound Childcare) (active)
  - Award id: `003551-2024-con_23980-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Mott MacDonald Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-12562`
  - Value: £6,814,923 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Delivery Partner Support Contract (Early Years and Wraparound Childcare) (active)
  - Signed Value: £6,814,923
  - Signed Date: 23/01/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003551-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-02T14:07:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T21:36:53.744Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040b8b