Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Cardiff Council
County Hall, Atlantic Wharf
Cardiff
CF10 4UW
UK
Telephone: +44 2920873732
E-mail: socialcare.procurement@cardiff.gov.uk
NUTS: UKL22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/Pages/default.aspx
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0422
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Other: Health and Social Care
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Flying Start Childcare – Dynamic Purchasing System
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Cardiff Council is seeking expressions of interest from Childcare Providers operating in Cardiff that are registered with the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to deliver Flying Start childcare placements for eligible 2-3 year olds.
It is our intention to go out to the market in the near future to commission these services through a Dynamic Purchasing System.
The service to be provided is childcare to eligible 2-3 year olds for 2.5 hours each day, 5 days each week for 39 weeks each year, in alignment with school term times.
The Council will require essential elements of the service as highlighted below Including but is not limited to:
Registration of childcare provision with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) with the ability to care for 2-3 year olds
A commitment towards achieving the standards as set out in the Flying Start Childcare Guidance issued by the Welsh Government and the local Flying Start requirements
A commitment to work towards the required staffing qualifications. Staff working in Flying Start settings must have experience of working with young children and must have the qualifications outlined within Social Care Wales’s Qualification Framework to work within the Early Years and Childcare Sector in Wales Social Care Wales. The list identifies the qualifications required to work within Flying Start. It sets out the current qualifications required (and equivalents), past qualifications which are accepted and suggested work-based qualifications for career progression and CPD.
A commitment to delivering the agreed number of Flying Start childcare placements for the lifetime of the contract. Please note that the Flying Start Placement Team will review the need for places regularly and provide you with 1 terms notice should any changes be required.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85312100
85312110
85312120
85000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cardiff Council is seeking expressions of interest from Childcare Providers operating in Cardiff that are registered with the Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) to deliver Flying Start childcare placements for eligible 2-3 year olds.
It is our intention to go out to the market in the near future to commission these services through a Dynamic Purchasing System.
The service to be provided is childcare to eligible 2-3 year olds for 2.5 hours each day, 5 days each week for 39 weeks each year, in alignment with school term times.
The Council will require essential elements of the service as highlighted below Including but is not limited to:
Registration of childcare provision with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) with the ability to care for 2-3 year olds
A commitment towards achieving the standards as set out in the Flying Start Childcare Guidance issued by the Welsh Government and the local Flying Start requirements
A commitment to work towards the required staffing qualifications. Staff working in Flying Start settings must have experience of working with young children and must have the qualifications outlined within Social Care Wales’s Qualification Framework to work within the Early Years and Childcare Sector in Wales Social Care Wales. The list identifies the qualifications required to work within Flying Start. It sets out the current qualifications required (and equivalents), past qualifications which are accepted and suggested work-based qualifications for career progression and CPD.
A commitment to delivering the agreed number of Flying Start childcare placements for the lifetime of the contract. Please note that the Flying Start Placement Team will review the need for places regularly and provide you with 1 terms notice should any changes be required.
II.2.14) Additional information
Please register your interest by 12-noon Friday 10th January 2025.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
03/02/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Please register your interest by 12:00:00pm (noon) Friday 10th January 2025.
The current hourly rate for each Flying Start childcare placement is GBP 5.55 per child.
At this stage the Council is considering a 4-year contract term
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=146808.
(WA Ref:146808)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/12/2024