UK-Maidstone: education services

Country:

United Kingdom

City/Locality:

MAIDSTONE

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:149850-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 12, 2008

Buyer:

STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT UNIT

Original Language:

English

Address:

STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT UNIT
MAIDSTONE
United Kingdom

Email:

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80000000 - Education services

Notice Type: 2280
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities
EU Official Journal Publication: 112/2008
, #
149850-2008
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not applicable
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender
Successful Bidder: NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: The National Childminding Association Limited, Royal Court 81
Tweedy Road, UK-Bromley BR1 1TW.

Summary:
CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Strategic Procurement Unit,
3.21 Sessions House, County Road, UK-Maidstone ME14 1XQ. Tel. 016 22 69 45
29. E-mail: EOI@kent.gov.uk.
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Regional or local authority.
General public services.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
II.1) DESCRIPTION
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
UK-Maidstone: sustainable childcare markets.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category No 24.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Under the Ten
Year Childcare Strategy, Kent County Council (KCC) is charged with
developing "sustainable childcare markets". In Kent we already enjoy a
thriving childcare market, which is significantly contributed to by over 1
750 childminders. In liaison with relevant partners, KCC is inviting
expressions of interest for up to six tenders to promote and support the
development of childcare provision with childminders in Kent, which would
critically involve stimulating the market to generate new childminding
provision where gaps in this have been identified supporting the
development of new provision providing advice, support and training to
childminders in relation to sound business and financial practice ensuring
that childminding provision as appropriate and necessary is an integral
and inseparable part of the Children's Centre agenda (By 2010 Kent
anticipates having approximately 105 Children's Centres) working
tirelessly to ensure that the quality of care and learning available from
childminders is uncompromisingly high, through advice, support, training
and quality assurance This work will involve strategic thinking and
planning, working with a wide range of partners, sound business planning
and implementation and the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes. This
opportunity is for a three-year contract (4.2008-3.2011). The tenders will
cover the following six areas in Kent, as follows: Swanley and Sevenoaks
Tunbridge Wells and Maidstone Dartford and Gravesham Ashford and Shepway
Swale and Canterbury Thanet and Dover Applications for more than one
geographically aligned area are particularly welcome and favourable
Education services.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 80000000.
II.2) TOTAL FINAL VALUE OF CONTRACT(S)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: 2 800 000 GBP.
Excluding VAT.
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
IV.1) TYPE OF PROCEDURE
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) AWARD CRITERIA
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of
1. Relevant Track record/experience. Weighting: 10.
2. Creative approach. Weighting: 20.
3. Compliance to tender requirements. Weighting: 5.
4. Quality of documentation. Weighting: 5.
5. Value for money. Weighting: 25.
6. References obtained during the tender process. Weighting: 5.
7. Qualifications/certificates/experience of staff assigned to this
project. Weighting: 10.
8. Presentations. Weighting: 15.
9. Sample case studies of previous work. Weighting: 5.
IV.3) ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
SECTION V: AWARD OF CONTRACT
TITLE: UK-Maidstone: sustainable childcare markets.
V.1) DATE OF CONTRACT AWARD: 1.4.2008.
V.3) NAME AND ADDRESS OF ECONOMIC OPERATOR TO WHOM THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN
AWARDED: The National Childminding Association Limited, Royal Court 81
Tweedy Road, UK-Bromley BR1 1TW.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: GO reference: GO 08060902.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 9.6.2008.

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