Carmarthenshire Flying Start Childcare Services 2021

Concepts

• carmarthenshire county council
• carmarthen
• pre-school education
• carmarthenshire flying start childcare services
• flying start childcare service
• childcare providers
• flying start childcare
• flying start childcare service tender
• childcare
• flying start programmes

Location

South West Wales:

Description

Carmarthenshire County Council is re-commissioning the Flying Start childcare service and seeking to procure childcare providers to deliver high quality funded childcare to all eligible 2-3-year-old children, from local authority venues and from providers’ own venues from 1st September 2021, in the following areas; Ammanford Town, Felinfoel, Trimsaran, Betws, Morfa, Burry Port, Dafen, Pembrey, Garnant, lwynhendy, Richmond Park, Glanaman, Carmarthen Town North, Llanelli Town and Pwll The Flying Start childcare is being commissioned on a fixed price model, in line with Flying Start programmes across Wales. The rate has been set at GBP13.80 for Lots 1-10 and GBP14.80 for Lots 11 – 25. A discretionary sustainability grant will be made available for providers against a set list of eligibility criteria. Carmarthenshire County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. This can be found at www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk , all information may be downloaded and returned though this channel. Live Tender Webinar – Carmarthenshire Flying Start Childcare Service Tender 2021 Tuesday 16th March – 3.30-5.30pm Business Wales will be delivering a tender specific workshop that will offer support and guidance in developing your skills and knowledge to tender for the Flying Start Childcare Service Tender. The workshop will include: - - Navigation of Sell2Wales - Navigation of etenderwales website - Highlighting buyer requirements - Guidance on creating high quality responses. - Understanding evaluation model To book your place on this webinar please contact Business Wales on 01267 233 749 or e-mail westwales@businesswales.org.uk. This webinar will be presented using the Zoom platform. On receipt of your booking we will provide you with the link to the webinar. The Services to which this Notice relates fall within the Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Regulations). Although the Contracting Authority may voluntarily adopt certain provisions in the Regulations neither the employment of any particular terminology nor any other indication shall be taken to mean that the Contracting Authority intends to hold itself bound by any of the Regulations save those applicable to services falling within Regulation 74. The Contracting Authority may, from time to time, at its absolute discretion, undertake a renewal (Renewal) of this Framework Agreement during the Term. The Renewal may include, but shall not be limited to, varying the number, scope, extent and description of the Lots, Services and/or Charges (as the case may be), together with the appointment of additional (new) Providers onto the Framework Agreement.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 80110000 - Pre-school education services
• 85312110 - Child daycare services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are not available.

Legal Justification

The Services to which this Notice relates fall within the Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Regulation 33, in particular 33(3), does not apply to this procurement.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** To assist you in locating these opportunities on the BRAVO E Procurement System the project code is: project_46306 As this is an Open procedure, Tenderers must ensure that all ITT questions are fully responded to. The following ITT Project codes may further assist you in locating the opportunities: ITT Code: itt_85479 Please also ensure you check the Attachments area for any documents/ information which may assist you with your submission or you are required to upload as part of your submission as per information contained within the tender pack. Suppliers Instructions How to express interest in this Tender: 1. Register your company on the etenderwales portal (this is only required once) - Browse to the eSourcing Portal: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - Click the "Suppliers register here" link - Enter your correct business and user details - Note the username you chose and click "Save" when complete - You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure) - Agree to the terms and conditions and click "continue" 2. Express an Interest in the Project - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the "ITTs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Invitation to Tender Documents open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant ITT to access the content. - Click the "Express Interest" button at the top of the screen - This will move the ITT into your "My ITTs" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) - Click on the ITT code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the ''''Buyer Attachments" on the left hand side of the screen 3. Responding to the tender - At the top of the screen you can choose to Create Response or Decline to Respond (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the Messages function on to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available) If you require any further assistance use the online help, or the BravoSolution help desk is available Mon - Fri (8am - 6pm) on: - email: help@bravosolution.co.uk - Phone: 0800 368 4850/ Fax: 020 7080 0480 Tenders or Requests to Participate must be sent to: Official name: www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk Postal Address: Carmarthenshire County Council will be conducting this procurement exercise through the Value Wales e-Tendering portal. … NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=108409 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: Under the terms of this Framework Agreement we aim to encourage successful Providers to consider ways in which they can add value to local communities by delivering Community Benefits. This will support the Council’s economic, social and environmental well-being objectives. Please note as part of this Tender the Community Benefits are non-core and will not be scored as part of the evaluation however they will be contractually binding. Examples of suggested Community Benefits include:- - Recruitment, Training and Work Experience - Education Contributions - Community Based Initiatives (WA Ref:108409) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.