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# Flying Start Childcare – Dynamic Purchasing System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/flying-start-childcare-dynamic-purchasing-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04c87f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cardiff Council: "Flying Start Childcare – Dynamic Purchasing System". 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:** [Cardiff Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cardiff-council-ons-w06000015)
- **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, Daycare services, Daycare services for disabled children and young people, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c87f`

## 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/flying-start-childcare-dynamic-purchasing-system-ocds-h6vhtk-04c87f#tl-md)

## Description
Cardiff Council is seeking expressions of interest from Childcare Providers operating in Cardiff that are registered with the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to deliver Flying Start childcare placements for eligible 2-3 year olds.
It is our intention to go out to the market in the near future to commission these services through a Dynamic Purchasing System.
The service to be provided is childcare to eligible 2-3 year olds for 2.5 hours each day, 5 days each week for 39 weeks each year, in alignment with school term times.
The Council will require essential elements of the service as highlighted below Including but is not limited to:
Registration of childcare provision with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) with the ability to care for 2-3 year olds
A commitment towards achieving the standards as set out in the Flying Start Childcare Guidance issued by the Welsh Government and the local Flying Start requirements
A commitment to work towards the required staffing qualifications. Staff working in Flying Start settings must have experience of working with young children and must have the qualifications outlined within Social Care Wales’s Qualification Framework to work within the Early Years and Childcare Sector in Wales Social Care Wales. The list identifies the qualifications required to work within Flying Start. It sets out the current qualifications required (and equivalents), past qualifications which are accepted and suggested work-based qualifications for career progression and CPD.
A commitment to delivering the agreed number of Flying Start childcare placements for the lifetime of the contract.  Please note that the Flying Start Placement Team will review the need for places regularly and provide you with 1 terms notice should any changes be required.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 85000000, 85312100, 85312110, 85312120
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F040506-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-12-16T16:28:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-01T04:13:19.001Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c87f