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# Training and Support Programme: Playwork Qualifications

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/training-and-support-programme-playwork-qualifications-ocds-h6vhtk-03d515). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Welsh Government: "Training and Support Programme: Playwork Qualifications". Published status: complete. Published Value: £600,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Jul 2023, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Welsh Government](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/welsh-government-gov-da1019)
- **Published Value:** £600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 July 2023 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services, Staff training services, Training programme services, Training services, Vocational training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £577,649 (exc. VAT, 4 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/training-and-support-programme-playwork-qualifications-ocds-h6vhtk-03d515#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d515`

## Before you bid
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- **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/training-and-support-programme-playwork-qualifications-ocds-h6vhtk-03d515#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.shtml)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/training-and-support-programme-playwork-qualifications-ocds-h6vhtk-03d515#participate

## Description
A 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

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3)  (All Wales basis)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80500000, 80511000, 80521000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £174,000
- **Description:** 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 ...

### Lot 2: Lot 2 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80500000, 80521000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £106,000
- **Description:** 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 ...

### Lot 3: Lot 3 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80500000, 80521000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £128,000
- **Description:** 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 ...

### Lot 4: Lot 4 - Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales)
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80500000, 80521000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Estimated Value:** £192,000
- **Description:** 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 ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (4)
- **Award:** Lot 1 - Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3)  (All Wales basis) (active)
  - Award id: `035778-2023-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-10851`
  - Value: £172,725 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 2 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales) (active)
  - Award id: `035778-2023-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99976`, `GB-FTS-10851`
  - Value: £100,884 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales) (active)
  - Award id: `035778-2023-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Aspiration Training, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99976`, `GB-FTS-10851`
  - Value: £121,520 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 4 - Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales) (active)
  - Award id: `035778-2023-4`
  - Supplier(s): **Aspiration Training Ltd, Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids' Clubs**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-99976`, `GB-FTS-10851`
  - Value: £182,520 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (4)
- **Contract:** Lot 2 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (North Wales) (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,884
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 3 – Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (Mid and West Wales) (active)
  - Signed Value: £121,520
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 4 - Regional delivery of Transition to Playwork (South Wales) (active)
  - Signed Value: £182,520
  - Signed Date: 01/12/2023

- **Contract:** Lot 1 - Delivery of L2PP and P3 (Level 2 and 3)  (All Wales basis) (active)
  - Signed Value: £172,725
  - Signed Date: 30/11/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035778-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-12-05T12:11:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T04:15:21.201Z
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