Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St
Glasgow
G2 8EA
Contact
Leigh Syme
Telephone
+44 7423743010
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
How do we better understand supply and demand of school age childcare in communities?
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Our challenge is data-focussed, relating to a high profile new commitment for this parliamentary term to design and build an accessible, affordable and flexible system of school age childcare provision in Scotland.
In order to design a system that works for most people we need to understand what children’s and parent’s needs are in relation to childcare (as well as access to activities).
We also need to understand the school age childcare landscape better: What’s currently happening? What are children doing round about the school day? How much of this is related to childcare needs and how dependent is this on the range of resources available within a community? How are choices limited by cost, location or accessibility challenges?
Data is central to this challenge because of the complexities of different families’ needs, and the range of different possible providers, but a snap shot in time of data will not solve this challenge alone. To help us to design a sustainable policy approach in this area we want a solution which helps us to understand both the national picture and what school age childcare needs are at a community level, and on an ongoing basis. We would like to explore solutions which can build on the baseline of understanding we already have, and then both inform our future policy approach and ultimately help us design a system in which local providers understand demand in the communities they serve, and families can access local school age childcare which meets their needs.
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Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2021/S 000-013351
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Place of text to be modified
Time limit
Instead of
Date
9 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Section number
IV.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Conditions for opening of tenders
Instead of
Date
9 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
12 July 2021
Local time
12:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
Our online submission system at publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk will be offline for maintenance this evening so, to avoid any issues with your applications, we are extending the CivTech 6 deadline to noon on Monday 12 July.