927/2021 Croydon Best Start

Tender description

Croydon Council is seeking to engage contractors for the provision of Croydon Best Start. Croydon Best Start is a partnership approach to deliver services for expectant parents and children under five and their families. Maternity, health visiting and speech and language services, Children’s Centres, early learning services, parenting teams, voluntary and community sector partners and council partners such as libraries and CALAT work together to provide services for very young families. The service is split into two Lot’s: Lot 1 - Child Development and School Readiness services (£1,162,533) (3 Sub-Lots, 1 Sub-Lot for each locality [North, Central and South]) Tenderers bidding for Lot 1 may bid for one, two or all three Sub-Lot’s. Lot 2 – Parent Aspirations and Parenting Skills services (£205,000) (6 Sub-Lots for each service within the offer) Tenderers bidding for Lot 2 may bid for one or more Sub-Lots. Key deadlines: The tender response deadline is: 23:59pm on 19th September 2021. The deadline for clarifications via the London Tenders Portal is: 12pm on 10th September 2021 Lot 1: This procurement will utilise the flexibility available by virtue of the Light Touch Regime and will be using an adapted open procedure to procure new services. The Contract value over the aggregated lifetime of the Contract is above the PCR 2015 threshold for Light Touch services (currently £663,540) and a Find a Tender Service (FTS) Contract Notice will be posted. The opportunity will be advertised on the London Tenders Portal, Contracts Finder and the Council’s website.