Official UK procurement notice
Training and Support Programme: Playwork Qualifications
Authority: Welsh Government
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionA Pathway from Early Years to Play pilot began under the PfS programme in 2019. This provided opportunities and funding for practitioners who required a playwork qualification to meet the requirements of the National Minimum Standards for regulated childcare by 2021. Although the deadline has now passed, we are aware that many settings are still seeking to undertake these qualifications for their staff and so a demand remains for these qualifications.
Therefore, the provision of playwork qualifications continues to have an important role to play in supporting practitioners to upskill and achieve qualifications that are crucial to ensuring a high quality sector.
Our discussions with childcare and playwork stakeholders, as well as training providers confirm there remains significant demand across the childcare and playwork sector for supporting access to qualifications which will help with recruitment and retention difficulties. Within Welsh Government, we have a clear focus on supporting people to enter, stay and progress in the childcare and playwork sector, as is outlined in the 10 Year Childcare, Play and Early Years Workforce Plan.
The aim of the tender is to award up to seven 18 month contracts that will build on the provision of playwork qualifications provided under the PfS programme. These contracts will be tendered via 4 lots:
Lot 1 – Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3) (All Wales basis) - 1 contract awarded
Lot 2 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales). 2 contract awarded
Lot 3 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales). 2 contract awarded
Lot 4 - Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales). 2 contract awarded
- Recurrence: The qualifications have been tendered on 2 previous occasions and a decision on continuation will be made by the client at the end of the contract in 18 months time.
CPV: Education and training services · Staff training services · Training programme services · Training services · Vocational training services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value (£600,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3) (All Wales basis)AwardedPublished value£174,000
The aim of the tender is to award up to seven contracts that will build on the provision of playwork qualifications provided under the PfS programme. These contracts will be tendered via 4 lots and managed via eTenderWales Bravo details of which can be found below.
Information:
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
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- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm
How To Find The ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The e-tender references for this contract are: itt_103023.
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Lot #2Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales)AwardedPublished value£106,000
The aim of the tender is to award up to seven contracts that will build on the provision of playwork qualifications provided under the PfS programme. These contracts will be tendered via 4 lots and managed via eTenderWales Bravo details of which can be found below.
Information:
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm
How To Find The ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The e-tender references for this contract are: itt_103023.
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Lot #3Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales)AwardedPublished value£128,000
The aim of the tender is to award up to seven contracts that will build on the provision of playwork qualifications provided under the PfS programme. These contracts will be tendered via 4 lots and managed via eTenderWales Bravo details of which can be found below.
Information:
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm
How To Find The ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The e-tender references for this contract are: itt_103023.
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Lot #4Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales)AwardedPublished value£192,000
The aim of the tender is to award up to seven contracts that will build on the provision of playwork qualifications provided under the PfS programme. These contracts will be tendered via 4 lots and managed via eTenderWales Bravo details of which can be found below.
Information:
etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗
- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm
How To Find The ITT:
- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
- The e-tender references for this contract are: itt_103023.
- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Price: 30
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached- 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
Yes · The qualifications have been tendered on 2 previous occasions and a decision on continuation will be made by the client at the end of the contract in 18 months time.
- First published
- 9 Jun 2023, 14:00 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Dec 2023, 12:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jul 2023 – …
- Authority reference
C362/2022/2023- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035778- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d515Find a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:137023)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗
- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2023, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2023 → 5 Dec 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline14 Jul 2023, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened17 Jul 2023, 10:00 BST
- Notice published5 Dec 2023, 12:11 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 Dec 2023, 12:11 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3) (All Wales basis)1 award | |||
| Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs | £172,725 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales)1 award | |||
| Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubsjoint award | £100,884 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 3 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales)1 award | |||
| Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubsjoint award | £121,520 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales)1 award | |||
| Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubsjoint award | £182,520 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lot 2 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales) · Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2023
- Value
- £100,884
- Status
- active
Lot 3 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales) · Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2023
- Value
- £121,520
- Status
- active
Lot 4 - Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales) · Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs
- Signed
- 1 Dec 2023
- Value
- £182,520
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3) (All Wales basis) · Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs
- Signed
- 30 Nov 2023
- Value
- £172,725
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3) (All Wales basis) | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales) | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales) | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 4 · Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales) | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Aspiration TrainingAwarded supplier
- Aspiration Training LtdAwarded supplier
- Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' ClubsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria