Cumbria County Council Childcare Flexible Framework
Local authorities have a legislative duty to secure free childcare places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 years old.
United Kingdom-Carlisle: Child daycare services
2018/S 038-083062
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Cumbria House, 107-117 Botchergate
Carlisle
CA1 1RD
United Kingdom
Contact person: Mr Martin Robbins
Telephone: +44 1228226306
E-mail: martin.robbins@cumbria.gov.uk
NUTS code: UKD1
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
Early Education and Childcare Flexible Framework
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
Local authorities have a legislative duty to secure free childcare places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 years old.
Every child is eligible for up to 570 hours (1140 for families eligible for 30 hours free childcare per academic year over no fewer than 38 weeks and up to 52 weeks of the year.
Local authorities have a duty to ensure that each child is able to access their free entitlement no later than the beginning of the term following the meeting of the eligibility criteria.
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
Local authorities have a legislative duty to secure free childcare places for eligible 2, 3 and 4 years olds.
Every child is eligible for up to 570 hours (1 140 for families eligible for 30 hours free childcare per academic year over no fewer than 38 weeks and up to 52 weeks of the year.
Local authorities have a duty to ensure that each child is able to access their free entitlement no later than the beginning of the term following the meeting of the eligibility criteria.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
An optional extension of up to 60 months (5 years plus optional 5 years).
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
An optional extension of up to 60 months (5 years plus optional 5 years).
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.3)Additional information:
Cumbria County Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumbria County Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations /applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the authority’s supplier audits on all aspects of diversity.
The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:
I— not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice, and
II— to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition.
And in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates.
It is an open and flexible framework which can be accessed throughout the duration of the framework.
VI.4.1)Review body
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
United Kingdom
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
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