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# Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/early-learning-childcare-and-brokerage-services-ocds-h6vhtk-034c6d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Dumfries and Galloway Council: "Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Dumfries and Galloway Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/dumfries-and-galloway-council-ons-s12000006)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Child daycare services, Pre-school education services, Primary education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM92
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034c6d`

## 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/early-learning-childcare-and-brokerage-services-ocds-h6vhtk-034c6d#tl-md)

## Description
The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became  a statutory duty from August 2021.
The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. To provide Early Learning and Childcare  and/or Brokerage Services on behalf of the Council all existing and prospective providers should register their interest through this PIN on Public Contracts (Scotland) and will then need to apply for a place on the Early Learning and Childcare and Brokerage Services Flexible Framework in Autumn 2022.
All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in January 2023 to commence Brokerage placements from January 2023 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements  from August 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 80100000, 80110000, 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The Early Learning and Childcare and Brokerage Services Flexible Framework will be tendered in Autumn 2022.
All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to ...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017863-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-30T10:17:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:54:50.749Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034c6d