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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Education

Child Minder Agency (CMA) Grants Delivery Partner

Government ServicesCPV 75000000
Value£436k
Awarded11 Aug 2023
Published26 Oct 2023
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£436ktotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£22.3m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Government & Public Administration band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Single contract awarded to deliver a start-up grant scheme for new childminders registering with either Ofsted or a Childminder Agency (CMA) making available £600 or £1200 respectively following registration.

Following the completion of a competitive bidding process using a call-off from Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework RM6322 Fund Administration & Disbursement Services.

Commencing 9th October 2023, an initial 2 year contract worth up to a maximum of £436,000 with an optional extension of two years (+1 +1).

The primary objective of this contract is to tackle the declining number of childminders by removing financial barriers to registration in order to open up high-quality formal childcare to more children since it is more affordable; more flexible; and home-based.

The Supplier will be responsible for administering the start-up grant scheme, developing, managing and hosting online and paper-based application processes, including guidance forms and other relevant documents; dealing with queries; assessing eligibility; managing fraud risk; and making payments.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Single contract awarded to deliver a start-up

Single contract awarded to deliver a start-up grant scheme for new childminders registering with either Ofsted or a Childminder Agency (CMA) making available £600 or £1200 respectively following registration.

02

The Supplier will be responsible for administering

The Supplier will be responsible for administering the start-up grant scheme, developing, managing and hosting online and paper-based application processes, including guidance forms and other relevant documents; dealing with queries; assessing eligibility; managing fraud risk; and making payments.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

3 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
Following the completion of a competitive bidding process using a call-off from Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework RM6322 Fund Administration &
Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
Following the completion of a competitive bidding process using a call-off from Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) framework RM6322 Fund Administration &
Ofsted registrationRegulator registrations
Single contract awarded to deliver a start-up grant scheme for new childminders registering with either Ofsted or a Childminder Agency (CMA) making available £600 or £1200 respectively following registration.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
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