Official UK procurement notice
2122-0282-A The provision of building based early education, childcare services to children and their parents/carers – Paradise Park Children’s Centre, N7
Authority: Islington Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis service will provide high quality, inclusive early education and childcare to children under
five years old. Providers must have previous recent experience of delivering Ofsted-registered,
high quality early education and childcare to meet the minimum requirements for this tender and
will need to evidence this.
The provider will have a sound knowledge of working within the Early Years Foundation Stage
Framework and contribute to the outcomes as identified within the specification.
The provider will need to have a strong governance structure in place and a finance team which
is able to oversee and monitor the appropriate use of a complex set of funding streams from the
Council and Department for Education.
The provider will understand and adhere to all safeguarding and child protection requirements
as set out by the London Safeguarding Children’s Board and comply with local safeguarding
processes.
The provider will work closely with a variety of council officers, health and voluntary sector
partners in order to deliver the service, including (for example), Bright Start early childhood
multi-agency teams, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) team, safeguarding and
finance officers, and the Family Information Service (FIS). Multi-disciplinary working is essential
for delivering outcomes for children and their families
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1As the value of the contract is above the threshold for wider advertising of the…AwardedPublished value£4,328,408
As the value of the contract is above the threshold for wider advertising of the opportunity, a
contract notice will be published on Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder.
This procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
under Chapter 3 Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services (known as the “light touch”
regime). Under Regulation 76 the council is free to establish a procedure, provided the
procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal
treatment of economic operators (service providers).
The procedure the Council has designed is based on the open procedure but with the option for
an element of negotiation (if required). All economic operators (service providers) who
successfully express an interest will automatically have access to the tender documents.
Standard pre-selection questions will be part of the tender response and will need to be passed
before the evaluation of quality and cost. Further details will be available in the procurement
documents.
The council reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the evaluation of initial
tenders without negotiation where this offers value for money. The council reserves the right to
not award the contract if the received tenders do not offer value for money.
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 (7)
- Implementation and service model: 10%
- outcomes and outputs: 10%
- Partnership working: 10%
- Early Years Foundation Stage: 10%
- Contract management including governance, finance and financial management: 10%
- Cost: 30%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (7)
- Social Value: 20
- Implementation and service model: 10
- outcomes and outputs: 10
- Partnership working: 10
- Early Years Foundation Stage: 10
- Contract management including governance, finance and financial management: 10
- Cost: 30
- 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- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 May 2023, 15:06 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Aug 2023, 12:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN669163- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-024793- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c6d5Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
1 Jun 2023 → 23 Aug 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened1 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 Aug 2023, 12:49 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Aug 2023- Status changed to complete23 Aug 2023, 12:49 BST
- Buyer details updated23 Aug 2023, 12:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Islington Play AssociationSME | £4,328,408 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 024793-2023-2122-0282-A-1 · Islington Play AssociationSME
- Signed
- 17 Aug 2023
- Value
- £4,328,408
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Islington Play AssociationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.