Pre-school education services

Tender description

North Lanarkshire Council (the ‘Council’) intend to establish a framework for the provision of early learning and childcare services for eligible 2 years old and pre-school children 3-5 years old. Bids are invited for any 1 of the following 4 options: — funded placements of eligible 2 years old for 6:00, — funded placements of eligible 2 years for 11:40, — funded placements of pre-school 3-5 years old for 11:40, or — funded placements of eligible 2 years for 11:40 and pre-school 3-5 years old for 11:40. The following information is intended as an overview. The framework is to support the Council meet its obligation to meet each child (eligible 2 years old and pre-school 3-5 years old) statutory entitlement to an early learning and childcare placement. Candidate seeking appointment to the Framework can bid for 1 of 4 options: — funded placements of eligible 2 years old for 6:00, — funded placements of eligible 2 years for 11:40, — funded placements of pre-school 3-5 years old for 11:40, or — funded placements of eligible 2 years for 11:40 and pre-school 3-5 years old for 11:40. Candidates seeking appointment to the framework for more than one setting will be required to submit an individual tender for each setting, i.e. candidate has 2 nurseries within the North Lanarkshire geographic area and seeks appointment to the framework for both; this candidate should submit a tender for each individual nursery. Further to this overview, a detailed statement of requirements is contained within the invitation to tender document, which is accessible (and downloadable) from the 'Buyer Attachment' area within the associated project con the PCS-T portal - https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk Please note this is a single lot framework, not multi lot. The additional lot has been added to this award notice to allow all successful providers to be included in the notice. The system currently restricts the number of providers to 100 for any individual lot/framework.