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Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places Framework Agreement - Reopening May 2025

Child daycare services
Scotland (UKM91)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Scottish Borders Council: "Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places Framework Agreement - Reopening May 2025". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityScottish Borders CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Scottish Borders Council
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Scottish Borders Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
7Bids / Report
19% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 106 active published awards; 105 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityScottish Borders Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
Last source update2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationChild daycare services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM91)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0509d5
What is being bought
Scottish Borders Council is seeking bid submissions from suitably qualified and experienced providers to supplement it's existing framework for Funded Early Learning and Childcare Places (ref SBC/CPS/1815).
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
  5. Published value updated to £3,000,000
    30 Apr 2025, 10:31 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    30 Apr 2025, 10:31 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    30 Apr 2025, 10:31 BST
  8. Submission deadline changed to 30 May 2025, 12:00 BST
    30 Apr 2025, 10:31 BST
  9. Buyer information updated
    30 Apr 2025, 10:31 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #2
    Childminder Services
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    Scottish Borders Council is reopening its Funded Early Learning and Childcare Framework to new providers from the voluntary, independent and private settings to provide Early Learning and Childcare for 2,3 and 4 year old children. Lot 2 - Childminder Services All providers who apply and meet the national standards, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted onto the framework agreement to deliver funded provision. As this service is listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations and the contract value exceeds the threshold, the Council will be using the afforded flexibility of the Light Touch Regime to re-open the framework.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Sept 2025, 09:11 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · £3,000,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Little Wonders Childminding service
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Childminder Services
£3,000,000 · signed 1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 2)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 2)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 2)
smeBids: 0 (lot 2)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Scottish Borders Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-3123
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  • Scottish Borders Council
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells, UKM91, TD6 0SA
    procurement@scotborders.gov.uk
    +44 1835824000

  • Jedburgh Sherriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
    reviewBody

    Castlegate, Jedburgh, TD8 6AR
    jedburgh@scotcourts.gov.uk
    +44 01835863231

  • Little Wonders Childminding service
    supplier

    TD98ED, 7 Burnfoot Road, Hawick, UK, TD98ED
    +44 7713991301
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