Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Procurement Team, Carruthers House
Dumfries
DG1 2HP
Contact
Keith Munn
Procurement.EducationCorporate@dumgal.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00219
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services
Reference number
DGCCE-0016
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 85312110 - Child daycare services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short 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.
This is the September 2023 re-opening of the framework that was awarded in February 2023.
If you have already been awarded a place on this framework, you do not need to re-apply.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2023/S 000-026520
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
16 October 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
13 November 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section number
IV.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Conditions for opening of tenders
Instead of
Date
16 October 2023
Local time
1:00pm
Read
Date
13 November 2023
Local time
1:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
The closing date has been put back due to evaluation panel availability.