Official UK procurement notice
EDU23024 Enhanced Early Years Nursery Provision
Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWorcestershire Children First (WCF) are looking to broker an Enhanced Early Years Provision (EEYP) for children whose identified complex needs make it difficult to attend an early year provision. The intention is to deliver EEYP within South Worcestershire as a pilot.WCF are looking for a provision within Worcester City or Malvern and have assessed the current sufficiency need could be up to 35 children a year. WCF are also looking for a provision in Wychavon and have assessed the current sufficiency need could be up to 25 children a year. WCF have evidence of an increase in the numbers of children needing an Enhanced Provision over the last several years. It is anticipated that the numbers required will increase. This will need to be reviewed as part of the pilot.Contract will be for 3 years starting 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2026, with an option to extend for a further year, plus a further year (maximum 5 years) dependant upon the success of the pilot.
CPV: Daycare services for handicapped children and young people · Pre-school education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Worcestershire Children First (WCF) completed a Nursery Assessment Unit (NAU) Review…RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
Worcestershire Children First (WCF) completed a Nursery Assessment Unit (NAU) Review in November 2022. The review identified a need to consider the sufficiency of places, where children with complex needs, could access their full Nursery Education Funding (NEF) entitlement.The outcome of the review can be found on our website. WCF has used the findings to support the development of an Enhanced Early Years Provision (EEYP).The EEYP will provide an important function for children with complex Special Education Needs (SEN) within the county. The intention is to deliver:
- Enhanced provision for children whose identified complex needs make it difficult to attend early year provision(s).
- Early Help Services for parent/carers of attending children.
- An enhanced provision to enable children and families to access their NEF entitlement.
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Published sub-criteria (1)
- cost: 65
Published award criteria (1)
- cost: 65%
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Aug 2023, 11:54 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Aug 2023, 11:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Oct 2023 – …
- Authority reference
WCC 00003444- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-023551- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ef08Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2023, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Oct 2023, 16:01 BST
Timeline
11 Aug 2023 → 1 Jan 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published11 Aug 2023, 11:54 BST
- Submission deadline6 Oct 2023, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Oct 2023, 16:01 BST
- Contract starts1 Jan 2024
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England, Wales and Northern IrelandReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.