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# Provision of Childcare at Kinloss Barracks Tender Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-childcare-at-kinloss-barracks-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Provision of Childcare at Kinloss Barracks Tender Notice". Published status: complete. Concession Value: £1,550,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** £1,550,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 July 2025 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Child daycare services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM5
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £1,550,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 9 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-childcare-at-kinloss-barracks-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf`

## 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/provision-of-childcare-at-kinloss-barracks-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D59803)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-childcare-at-kinloss-barracks-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf#participate

## Description
Army Commercial are looking to procure a nursery provision and childcare support for military personnel at Kinloss Barracks for a period of 3 core years with the option to extend by an additional 2 x 1-year periods.  
Kinloss Barracks is situated in Moray, North-East Scotland and comprises of Military Personnel, MOD Civil Servants and MOD Contractors.    
Nursery provision and out of school childcare, to include holiday offering is required for 0-11 years to support the military workforce. With surplus capacity being made available to the local community.  
The contract will operate in addition to a licence to occupy the childcare building which will be managed by Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312110
- **Delivery regions:** UKM
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,550,000

- **Contract Period:** 28/08/2025 to 28/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Provision of Childcare at Kinloss Barracks (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Rafa Kidz Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11927027`
  - Value: £1,550,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 13/08/2025

- **Award:** 2 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Rafa Kidz Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:11927027`
  - Value: £1,550,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 2 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,550,000
  - Signed Date: 03/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019718-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-13T10:11:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T02:30:47.172Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050ebf