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Tender Contract for the Provision of Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Holiday Childcare Support – Summer Holiday Pilot. City & County of Swansea

Tender Contract for the Provision of Additional Learning Needs (ALN) Holiday Childcare Support – Summer Holiday Pilot. City & County of Swansea

Reference: CCS/26/077

Description

Provide a pilot service during the summer school holidays to assess and allocate additional support for children of full-time school age with emerging or identified Additional Learning Needs (ALN) to enable their attendance at childcare. Enabling parent/carers to work, attend education or participate in training.

Total value (estimated)

  • £150,000 excluding VAT
  • £180,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 21 July 2026 to 31 August 2026
  • Possible extension to 20 July 2027
  • 1 year

Description of possible extension:

The option to extend by 10 months to cover for subsequent holiday childcare dependant on the success of the pilot

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 85321000 – Administrative social services

Contract locations

  • UKL18 – Swansea

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

9 June 2026, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

16 June 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Register your company on the eTenderWales portal (this is only required once):

— Navigate to the portal: http://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk

— Click the “Suppliers register here” link.

— Enter your correct business and user details.

— Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete.

— You will shortly receive an e-mail with your unique password (please keep this secure).

— Agree to the terms and conditions and click “continue”.

2. Express an interest in the project:

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— Click on the relevant ITT to access the content.

— Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.

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— Click on the ITT code. You can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box.

3. Responding to the invitation to tender:

— You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting).

— You can now use the “Messages” function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification.

— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT.

— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).

If you require any further assistance use the online help. Alternatively, the BravoSolution helpdesk can be contacted (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) on:

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Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes


Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Quality Evaluation

6 quality questions to be completed as per documents on etenderwales

Quality 70.00%
Price

Total Evaluated Price (Worked Example)

Price 30.00%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold – open competition

Special regime

Light touch


Contracting authority

City & County of Swansea

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYYD-8699-BJGD

Civic Centre

Swansea

SA1 3SN

United Kingdom

Contact name: Procurement

Email: procurement@swansea.gov.uk

Website: http://www.swansea.gov.uk/dobusiness

Region: UKL18 – Swansea

Organisation type: Public authority – sub-central government

Devolved regulations that apply: Wales

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