Funded Early Learning and Childcare Provision

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  "date": "2026-04-14T08:59:39+01:00",
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    "name": "Glasgow City Council"
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        "value": {
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          "currency": "GBP"
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        "renewal": {
          "description": "The option to extend for up to 3 years"
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        "hasOptions": false,
        "hasRenewal": true,
        "description": "The appointment of multiple providers, registered by the Care Inspectorate to provide daycare services to children, to deliver Early Learning and Childcare within the Glasgow boundary.",
        "contractPeriod": {
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            "description": "Pre-school education services"
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    "title": "Funded Early Learning and Childcare Provision",
    "value": {
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      "currency": "GBP"
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      "date": "2026-05-14T12:00:00+01:00"
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      "scheme": "CELEX"
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      "description": "The framework duration is for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 3 years"
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        "maximumParticipants": 125
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      "startDate": "2026-05-14T12:00:00+01:00"
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    "description": "The council requires the appointment of multiple providers, registered by the Care Inspectorate to provide daycare services to children, to deliver Early Learning and Childcare within the Glasgow boundary",
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      "endDate": "2026-05-14T12:00:00+01:00"
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    "contractTerms": {
      "performanceTerms": "10 Criteria as follows, full list of details are contained in the Invitation to Tender document\nCriteria 1 - Staffing Leadership and Management\nCriteria 2 - Development of children's cognitive skills, health and wellbeing\nCriteria 3 - Physical Environment\nCriteria 4 - Self Evaluation and Improvement\nCriteria 5 - Parent and carer engagement and involvement in the life of the setting\nCriteria 6 – Inclusion\nCriteria 7 - Business Sustainability\nCriteria 8 - Fair Work Practices, including payment of the Living Wage\nCriteria 9 - Payment Processes\nCriteria 10 – Food"
    },
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    "reviewDetails": "Glasgow City Council (“the Council”) must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent, when sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”).\nThe Council is obliged to comply with the Regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the Council must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of; or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition.\nThe bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic Operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.",
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      "description": "Pre-school education services"
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    "selectionCriteria": {
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          "appliesTo": [
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          "description": "Must have a Care Inspectorate evaluation of 4 or above."
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        {
          "type": "economic",
          "minimum": "Glasgow City Council’s Insurance Requirements are:\nBidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the Framework, Employer’s Liability insurance to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (10,000,000 GBP) in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period.\nBidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the Framework, Public Liability insurance to the value of at least FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING (5,000,000 GBP) in respect of any one event and unlimited in the period.\nBidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the Framework, Products Liability insurance to the value of at least FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING (5,000,000 GBP ) in respect of any one event and in the aggregate.\nBidders shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the Framework, Abuse cover to the value of at least FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING (5,000,000 GBP) in respect of any one claim, without limit to the number of claims or; Abuse cover to the value of at least TEN MILLION POUNDS STERLING (10,000,000 GBP ) in respect of any one claim, and in the aggregate. The policy must be arranged on a ‘claims occurring’ basis.  Please note cover arranged on a claims made basis will not be accepted by Glasgow City Council.\nBidder shall take out and maintain, throughout the period of the Framework, Treatment Risk/Medical Malpractice insurance to the value of at least FIVE MILLION POUNDS STERLING (5,000,000 GBP) in respect of any one event and in the aggregate.\nGlasgow City Council also requires that the successful Bidder will retain a sufficient level of Professional Indemnity Insurance required to cover any services to be performed within the scope of the contract.\nThe standard requirement for Glasgow City Council is:\nBidders shall take out and maintain throughout the period of the Framework and for six years thereafter, Professional Indemnity insurance to the value of at least TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING (250,000 GBP) in respect of any one event and in the aggregate\nBidders who have motor vehicles which are used in the provision of their Services must maintain adequate vehicle insurance cover in respect of such vehicles for the duration of the Framework.\nBidders must submit a To Whom It May Concern (TWIMC) letter from their broker as evidence of their insurances when submitting their bid paying particular attention to abuse cover.  The TWIMC letter should clearly state the limit of indemnity for abuse, whether it is any one claim or aggregated and if cover is written on a claim occurring basis.\nThe above insurances shall be with an insurance company registered with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, or equivalent body for EU member states by the council and any organisation shall not sub-let or sub-contract any part of the commission unless the sub-contractor is similarly insured, unless the council agrees otherwise. It is the express responsibility of the lead organisation to ensure this is the case.\nShould the Bidder not have the specified insurances at the time of tendering then, the Bidder must certify in their response to this ITT that the specified insurance will be obtained.",
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          "description": "Nursery Operators must comply with the undernoted financial requirements in order to participate in the tendering process:-\nThere is a minimum financial requirement that affects trading performance and balance sheet strength.\nFinancial requirements should be calculated on most recent accounts.\nAccounts should have been prepared by an independent accountant or in the case of small playgroups, by an independent person with financial experience.\nTrading Performance Ratio\nAn overall positive outcome on pre tax profits over a 3 year period.\nExceptional items, occurring in the normal course of business, can be excluded from the calculation.\nThe above would be expressed in the ratio Pre-Tax Profit/Turnover Balance Sheet strength\nNet worth of the organisation must be positive at the time of evaluation and organisation must not be subject to an insolvency process.\nIntangibles can be included for purposes of the Total Assets figure\nThe above would be expressed in the ratio Total Assets/Total Liabilities\nNurseries that are only required to file abbreviated accounts, must submit full sets of accounts for the last two individual years filed, in order for the three year profitability requirement to be verified.\nA Bidder should have no outstanding issues, with regard to statutory filing requirements with Companies House.\nNursery Operators who have been trading for less than the 3 years noted above must provide evidence that they are complying with the above minimum financial requirements for the period in which they have been trading.\nNursery Operators who do not comply with the above financial requirements but are part of a Group, can provide a Parent Guarantee if the Parent company satisfies the financial requirements stipulated above.\nGlasgow City Council would be willing to accept, on an individual basis, Nursery Operators who do not meet the financial criteria specified above, provided they can demonstrate that they possess sufficient economic and financial standing to undertake the contract.\nGlasgow City Council will make such individual assessments on the basis of profitability and balance sheet strength.\nGlasgow City Council reserves the right, at its own discretion, to seek such other information from the Bidder in accordance with Regulations 61(7) or Regulation 61 (8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to prove the Bidder's economic and financial standing."
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          "description": "Bidders must have a Care Inspectorate evaluation of 4 or above"
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    "mainProcurementCategory": "services",
    "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure"
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      "name": "Glasgow City Council",
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        "region": "UKM82",
        "locality": "Glasgow",
        "postalCode": "G2 1DU",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "40 John St, City Chambers"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "http://www.glasgow.gov.uk",
        "buyerProfile": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00196",
        "classifications": [
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            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Regional or local authority"
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            "scheme": "COFOG",
            "description": "General public services"
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      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Glasgow City Council"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk",
        "name": "Julie Coleman",
        "email": "julie.coleman@glasgow.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1412876426"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "GB-FTS-18787",
      "name": "Glasgow Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace Court",
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      ],
      "address": {
        "locality": "Glasgow",
        "postalCode": "G5 9DA",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "PO BOX 23, 1 Carlton Place"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/the-courts/court-locations/glasgow-sheriff-court-and-justice-of-the-peace-court"
      },
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Glasgow Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace Court"
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      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "glasgow@scotcourts.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1414298888"
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  "language": "en",
  "description": "Bidders must hold certificates for Quality Assurance, Health and Safety and Environmental Management Standards or comply with all questions noted in SPD Section 4D.\nFreedom of Information Act - Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Tenderers must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish the council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI certificate contained in the Technical Envelope within the PCS Tender portal (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this information).\nTenderers Amendments - bidders must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification they may wish to make conditional to this offer. Bidders will be required to complete the tenderers amendment certificate that is contained within the Technical Envelope within PCS Tender portal.\nPrompt Payment - the successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the tender, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these works are paid timeously and that as a minimum, invoices rendered by subcontractors shall (unless formally disputed by the tenderer) be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its sub-contractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. Tenderers will be required to complete the prompt payment certificate contained in the Technical Envelope within PCS Tender portal.\nNon-Collusion - Tenderers will be required to complete the Non-Collusion certificate contained in the Technical Envelope within the PCS Tender portal.\nInsurance Mandate - All successful suppliers will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate, contained in the Technical Envelope within the PCS Tender portal authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from suppliers at any point during the contract period.\nProfessional Integrity Certifcate - Tenderers will be required to complete the Professional Integrity Certifcate contained in the Technical Envelope within the PCS Tender portal\nTerms and Conditions are located within the buyers attachments area within the PCS Tender portal.\nAdditional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the Invitation to Tender documentation, situated within the buyers attachments area of PCS-T. Tenderers must ensure they read these documents in line with this contract notice.\nThe buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31355. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343\nA sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nMinimum Community Benefits 840 points is required; community benefit points will be triggered once the following spend thresholds are reached\nThreshold 1 - 50,000 – 100,000 GBP – 80 points\nThreshold 2 - 100,000 – 250,000 GBP – 120 points\nThreshold 3 - 250,000 – 500,000 GBP – 160 points\nThreshold 4 - 500,000 – 1,000,000 GBP – 200 points\nThreshold 5 – 1,000,000 – 3,000,000 GBP – 160 points\nThreshold 6 - 3,000,000 – 5,000,000 GBP – 80 points\nThreshold 7 - 5,000,000 – 10,000,000 GBP – 40 points\n(SC Ref:828015)",
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