Child daycare services

Tender description

York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering providers the opportunity to tender to fund, design, refurbish and fit out an existing built building and grounds within the Scarborough Hospital site and on completion, to provide day care provisions for children aged 0 — 5 years and in addition care during all school holidays for children from 4 to 11 years inclusive. The service is currently delivered on the Scarborough Hospital site, so potential providers will be required to TUPE the existing staff to the new service (supplier to supplier TUPE — these staff members are not employed by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust). Prior Information Note published on 8.2.2017 2017/S 027-047568. York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering providers the opportunity to tender to fund, design, refurbish and fit out an existing built building and grounds within the Scarborough Hospital site and on completion, to provide day care provisions for children aged 0 — 5 years and in addition care during all school holidays for children from 4 to 11 years inclusive. The service is currently delivered on the Scarborough Hospital site, so potential providers will be required to TUPE the existing staff to the new service (supplier to supplier TUPE — these staff members are not employed by York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust). The provider should have a proven track record of delivering high quality, flexible day care and education to children meeting Ofsted standards and fully adhering to the EYFS, be knowledgeable about the children's agenda, and be able to deliver full day care for a minimum of 50 nursery places. The successful provider will be expected to provide on-site nursery services which are intended to replace the existing facility with a guarantee of a minimum 50 % places to Trust staff. The provider will furthermore be expected to engage with the local Trust partners and the community and offer such placements as are available. The building is expected to be delivered under a scaled lease agreement link to service level requirements for a period of 5 years. The site will be leased to the provider for a fee of around 15 000 — 20 000 GBP per annum for a maximum term of 5 years and there may be option of a rent free period while the site is refurbished.