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Published 17 May 2022, 09:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Nursery Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Corporate Officer of the House of Commons (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£2,000,000exc. VAT25% above published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Jun 2022awarded 11 Aug 2022
Awarded to LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION (NURSERY)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

A contract for the provision of full-time childcare provision for children aged 3 months to 5 years. This care will take place Mondays to Fridays, from 08:00 until 18:00 and bookable additional hours in the evening on the days the House sits late. The Nursery will be open 51 weeks of the year.

CPV: Education and training services · Pre-school education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1An open procedure for the provision of full-time childcare provision for children aged…Awarded

An open procedure for the provision of full-time childcare provision for children aged 3 months to 5 years. This care will take place Mondays to Fridays, from 08:00 until 18:00 and bookable additional hours in the evening on the days the House sits late. The Nursery will be open 51 weeks of the year.<br/>5 suppliers expressed an interest and 3 suppliers submitted a tender response.

Delivery: London · Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 60%
  • Commercial: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
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
17 May 2022, 09:40 BST
Last source update
4 Jun 2026, 12:57 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
GSV2372
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052773
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesPre-school education services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033848 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
16 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST

Timeline

16 Jun 2022 → 4 Jun 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    16 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published140 days ago
    4 Jun 2026, 12:57 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2026
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jun 2026, 12:57 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    4 Jun 2026, 12:57 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LONDON EARLY YEARS FOUNDATION (NURSERY)£2,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 4 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Corporate Officer of the House of Commons

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 210715608 Parliament Square, LONDON, London, SW1A 0AAContact email

Consortium members and other public bodies

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court of England and WalesReview bodyReview contact point London
  • The High Court of Justice, The Strand, London WC2A 2LL, United KingdomReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.