OTHERopen🌐 United Kingdom (Find a Tender)DGCP-0675
Early Learning, Childcare and Brokerage Services
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Description
The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and Statutory Guidance set out the increased entitlement to 1140 hours for eligible children which became a statutory duty from August 2021. The Funding Follows the Child approach places choice in parents’ and carers’ hands enabling them to access their child’s funded entitlement with a provider that best suits their needs. All providers who apply and meet the expected standard, legislation and the Council's procedural requirements as set out in the Invitation to Tender and accept the rates and contract terms set out by the Council shall be accepted to deliver funded provision through the Flexible Framework enabling them to register children in 2027 to commence Brokerage placements from Q3 2027 and funded Early Learning and Childcare placements from August 2027. This is the September 2026 re-opening of the framework. If you have already been awarded a place on this framework, you do not need to re-apply.
Details?
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2026
- Response deadline
- Oct 19, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC (32d)
- Type
- OTHER
- Category
- services
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Status
- active
- Buyer
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom (Find a Tender)
- Reference #
- DGCP-0675
- Has Description
- true
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Tender Covered By
- GPA
- Tender Bid Opening Description
- Tender will be opened by members of the Procurement team
- Tender Legal Basis Scheme
- CELEX
- Tender Recurrence Description
- This framework re-opens annually and if you have already been awarded a place on the framework, you DO NOT need to re-apply.
- Tender Techniques Framework Agreement Period Rationale
- The framework will be awarded under the light touch regime
- Tender Techniques Framework Agreement Maximum Participants
- 100
- Tender Description
- The Council has a statutory duty to make pre-school education available for eligible children under the Standards in Scotland’s Schools Act 2000. The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 and
- Tender Contract Terms Performance Terms
- As detailed in the tender pack suite of documents
- Tender Contract Terms Electronic Invoicing Policy
- allowed
- Tender Classification Scheme
- CPV
- Tender Classification Description
- Child daycare services
- Tender Submission Terms Languages
- en
- Tender Submission Terms Bid Validity Period Duration In Days
- 90
- Tender Submission Method
- electronicSubmission
- Tender Procurement Method
- open
- Tender Submission Method Details
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
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