Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dumfries and Galloway Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Little Gems Childcare SME, Little Wren’s Montessori Childcare SME
- Value
- £146,058,429 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Child daycare services (CPV 85312110)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 002810-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date14 Jan 2025
- Published28 Jan 2025Published 14 days after the contract date
Description
The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became a statutory duty from August 2021. The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in 2023 to commence Brokerage placements from Q2 2023 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2023.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services: ELC - Private and Third Sector Settings (excluding Childminders) | Little Gems Childcare SME | £48.7m |
| Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services: ELC - Childminders | Little Gems Childcare SME, Little Wren’s Montessori Childcare SME | £48.7m |
| Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services: Lot 3- Childcare Brokerage | Little Gems Childcare SME | £48.7m |
About the suppliers
Little Gems Childcare: every public contract they have won.
Little Wren’s Montessori Childcare: every public contract they have won.