Official UK procurement notice
Best Start Lincolnshire Services
Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionLincolnshire County Council requires the supply of a high quality Best Start Lincolnshire Service(s), broken down as two lots. Lot One: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service and Lot Two: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families from 1st April 2023.
Both Best Start Lincolnshire services are an integral part of the Council’s offer to Lincolnshire children in their early years. Both services shall also work as part of an integrated early years team alongside professionals within the Council’s wider early years services and alongside each other. This shall also include partnership working with other relevant health and commissioned early years services
CPV: Education and training services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · win at most 2 of them · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family ServiceRenewal
Lot One: Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service
The Service shall provide high-quality educational and fun sessions for children in their early years and their families to access. These sessions will support child development, early learning, positive health outcomes and positive parenting, including emotional literacy. Delivery shall be from the Council’s 48 children’s centres (plus two non-designated sites) and community-based outreach venues (including outdoor locations).
Lot #2Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their familiesRenewal
Lot Two: Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families
The Service shall support vulnerable and hard to reach ethnic minority families with children in their early years to access the Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service and other relevant services in their local community that will support their child’s health, wellbeing, and
development.
The Service shall provide translation support for ethnic minority families from Russia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and Bulgaria through the provision of bi-lingual workers to better support ethnic minority families to access services within their local communities. In addition,
translation support may also be required for asylum-seeking families with children in their early years that move into Lincolnshire and are being supported by the Service.
Lot #3Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family ServiceAwarded
The Service shall provide high-quality educational and fun sessions for children in their early years and their families to access. These sessions will support child development, early learning, positive health outcomes and positive parenting, including emotional literacy. Delivery shall be from the Council’s 48 children’s centres (plus two non-designated sites) and community-based outreach venues (including outdoor locations).
The Service shall offer a core menu of fully inclusive universal early education sessions that shall be available across the county. Sessions must empower parents/carers to be their child’s first educator, to provide children with a healthy lifestyle and support them to understand and normalise their child’s emotions and behaviours at key developmental stages.
The Service shall also offer more targeted sessions tailored to meet the needs of local communities. The planning of which sessions will be run in which area will be coordinated and agreed with the Customer.
Lot #4Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their familiesAwarded
The Service shall support vulnerable and hard to reach ethnic minority families with children in their early years to access the Best Start Lincolnshire Early Years and Family Service and other relevant services in their local community that will support their child’s health, wellbeing, and development. Support may be provided through targeted groups activities, co-delivery of activities with other partners and time-limited intensive one-to-one support, which may also include home visiting.
The Service shall provide translation support for ethnic minority families from Russia, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and Bulgaria through the provision of bi-lingual workers to better support ethnic minority families to access services within their local communities. In addition, translation support may also be required for asylum-seeking families with children in their early years that move into Lincolnshire and are being supported by the Service.
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
- Price carries 25 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points.
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
- 14 Jul 2022, 15:48 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2022, 12:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 9 Sept 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN620739- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031072- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035213Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 9 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
Timeline
9 Sept 2022 → 1 Apr 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline9 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
- Bids opened9 Sept 2022, 16:00 BST
- Notice published3 Nov 2022, 12:53 GMT
- Contract starts1 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete3 Nov 2022, 12:53 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 3 · Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service1 award | |||
| Preschool Learning Alliance trading as Early Years AllianceBest Start Lincolnshire Service: Early Years and Family Service | £1,593,855 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families1 award | |||
| PAB Languages LtdSME | £129,532 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Best Start Lincolnshire Service: Early Years and Family Service · Preschool Learning Alliance trading as Early Years Alliance
- Signed
- 3 Nov 2022
- Value
- £1,593,855
- Status
- active
Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families · PAB Languages LtdSME
- Signed
- 3 Nov 2022
- Value
- £129,532
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 · Best Start Lincolnshire: Early Years and Family Service | 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
| 4 · Best Start Lincolnshire: Inclusion Service for ethnic minority children in their early years and their families | 2bids · 2 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- PAB Languages LtdAwarded supplier
- Preschool Learning Alliance trading as Early Years AllianceAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.