CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Provision of Flying Start Childcare places in Wrexham County Borough

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Provision of Flying Start Childcare Places

Purpose of the Service:

To provide Flying Start Childcare places in Wrexham County Borough

Term: 4 school terms from 1 April 2016

Where: Flying Start areas of Wrexham

To Provide:

To provide Flying Start Childcare Places for eligible children, the term after their second birthday until the term after their third birthday.

This will include:

High-quality play and learning opportunities for children, in accordance with the conditions of the grant 2.5 hours a day, 5 days a week, excluding weekends, providing 12.5 hours in total per week for 39 weeks of the year, during school term time

Applying appropriate procedures for identifying, assessing and making provision for children with additional learning needs, as identified in the Wrexham County Borough Council Additional Needs Policy

Deliverables:

Childminders – must be able to offer a minimum of 2 places at any one time

Every other setting – must be able to offer a minimum of 4 places at any one time

All childminders and every other setting must be currently CSSIW-registered for provision for two-year olds or will need to be by 31 March 2016

The minimum qualification requirement is Level 3 CCLD for practitioners and level 5 management CCLD for a supervisory position

The childminders and every other setting will usually be situated in, or within pram-pushing distance (10 – 15 mins walking distance) of the following Flying Start areas:

Central Wrexham Lot

Caia Park & Hightown

West Wrexham Lot

Brymbo

Brynteg (New Broughton and Gwenfro areas)

Gwersyllt

Llay

South Wrexham Lot

Cefn Mawr

Penycae

Plas Madoc

Pant (Rhosllanerchrugog)

• The contract is due to commence 1 April 2016. To express an interest in this tender, please register on Sell2Wales, as a minimum against the following CPV codes 85312110, 85311300,

and follow the link

•The closing time and date is 12 noon on Friday 20 November 2015

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.uk/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=35290

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

Proc-15-61

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:35290)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice