Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice

Published 8 Jul 2025, 14:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Quality improvement support services for early education and childcare providers

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regimeSME suitableAccelerated

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North West (UKD7)

Published estimate£1,643,028≈ £822k / year · £1,971,634 inc. VAT

Submissions closed 25 Jul 2025awarded 23 Sept 2025

Awarded to SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LIVERPOOL LIMITED

Contract term 2 yrsends 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council has appointed a provider of quality improvement support services to funded early education and childcare providers.

The Council currently provides early years entitlement funding to 145 private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries (including those run by school academies), 97 childminders, 79 maintained schools (nursery classes and nursery schools).

Bidders were required to submit proposals for a universal and targeted offer which will provide quality improvement support for Council funded early years providers.

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 3 Jul 2028, 23:59 BST.

CPV: Pre-school education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 2 yrsPublished value£1,643,028

Contract period: 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2027 (2 yrs) · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensionsValue: £1,643,028 exc. VAT · £1,971,634 inc. VAT

Delivery: North West

Extensions: There will be options to obtain additional services through the contract should demand alter throughout the contract term. · There will be an option to extend the contract for up to 24 months if performance under the contract is in line with the contract KPI's and the requirement for the services remains.

80110000 Pre-school education services

Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2

Economic & financial standing
As set out in the procurement documents, Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
Technical & professional ability
As set out in the procurement documents, Procurement Specific Questionnaire.

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: 90%Social value: 10%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality
Social Value

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
As set out in the procurement documents, Procurement Specific Questionnaire.
Technical & professional ability
As set out in the procurement documents, Procurement Specific Questionnaire.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Light touch regime
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · next expected 3 Jul 2028
First published: 8 Jul 2025, 14:40 BST
Last source update: 13 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 29 Sept 2025
Authority reference: DN779989
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-038277
Accelerated: Light touch contract
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Pre-school education services
Delivery area: North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-055b39 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary: Payment will be quarterly in arrears, full details available in the procurement documents.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 25 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Tender must be submitted electronically using the Council's procurement portal, procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index ↗ , full details can be found in the procurement documents.

Timeline

8 Jul 2025 → 13 Nov 2025 · 7 dates

Tender notice published
8 Jul 2025, 14:40 BST
Clarification questions by
18 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
25 Jul 2025, 11:00 BST
Award decision expected by388 days ago
29 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Assessment summaries sent379 days ago
9 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Contract starts354 days ago
3 Nov 2025
Latest notice published343 days ago
13 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Jul 2025

Tender notice published
8 Jul 2025, 14:40 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
10 Oct 2025, 11:38 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
10 Oct 2025, 11:38 BST
Contract signature expected
20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
13 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,643,0281 award exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LIVERPOOL LIMITEDSME1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029Extensions: The Authority may, at its absolute discretion, extend this agreement beyond the initial term by a further period or periods of up to 24 months. · Options: The successful provider will be expected to show flexibility throughout the contract term to meet the needs of the early years sector and the Authority in order to best deliver the expected outcomes.	£1,643,028	23 Sept 2025	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LIVERPOOL LIMITEDSME
Signed
31 Oct 2025
Value
£1,643,028
Period
1 Nov 2025 – 31 Oct 2027 · up to 31 Oct 2029 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
The Authority may, at its absolute discretion, extend this agreement beyond the initial term by a further period or periods of up to 24 months.
Options
The successful provider will be expected to show flexibility throughout the contract term to meet the needs of the early years sector and the Authority in order to best deliver the expected outcomes.
6 agreed KPIs: Universal offer: PVI · Universal offer: Childminders · Universal offer: Maintained …
- Universal offer: PVI
- Universal offer: Childminders
- Universal offer: Maintained
- Targeted offer: PVI
- Targeted offer: Childminders
- Targeted offer: Maintained

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders	1	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRVY-7813-WLPG Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT LIVERPOOL LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08867114GB-PPON: PCBV-8514-VJCV Toxteth Annexe, Aigburth Road, Liverpool, North West, L17 7BNContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsThe procurement documents can be found on the Council's procurement portal website above. Under Current Opportunities search the reference DN779989.

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender10 Oct 2025, 11:38 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender8 Jul 2025, 14:40 BST