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Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys

Upcoming United Kingdom Education & training

Buyer Powys County Council

22 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€17.4M
€17,444,700 · converted from GBP
Procedure
Open procedure
  1. Published
  2. Deadline open for 33 days
  3. Awarded pending

Bidding window

32 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, above the EU threshold) give a median of 30 days, half of them between 26 and 36 days, based on 1,713 notices of the last two years.

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Summary

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Powys County Council is setting up a framework agreement for childcare settings to deliver the Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds programme in Powys. The service provides eligible children from 2 years old living in Powys with free, high quality childcare of up to 2.5 hours per day, with a maximum of 12.5 hours per week. The programme aims to ensure children and their families feel involved, informed, supported and empowered, with expected outcomes including language, cognitive, social and emotional development, physical health, reduced poverty and early identification of high needs. The framework is being let under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, offering flexibility while complying with transparency and equal treatment principles.

Description

Powys County Council ("the Council") is establishing a framework agreement for childcare settings to provide Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys. The childcare programme is to ensure that all children from 2 years old, resident in Powys have access to free, high quality childcare for up to 2.5 hours per day, for a maximum of 12.5 hours per week. Eligible children and their families, will feel involved, informed, supported and empowered and each child will achieve tangible outcomes of: • Language Development • Cognitive Development • Social & Emotional Development • Physical Health • Reduced poverty • Early Identification of high needs This contract is being procured under the Light Touch Regime in accordance with Section 15 of the Procurement Act 2023. The procurement is conducted under Section 9 of the Act and is governed by the Procurement (Wales) Regulations 2024, which apply to light touch contracts for specified services. The Council is awarding a contract, which allows flexibility while complying with Treaty principles of transparency and equal treatment of providers.

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  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €17.4M.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Education & training.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    22 days left.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    The register holds nothing on this. The official documents will.

  6. Your call:

    Do we know this buyer?

    The buyer has 19 notices in the register and no pattern of winners yet.

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  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

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Powys County Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
19
awards
10
awarded in total
€478,470

Who wins its contracts

Many suppliers
different companies won its awards
10
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
30%

Based on 10 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, Education & training - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Shannon Trust 14 €1.6M Sep 2026
TWA Certifications Ltd 10 €333,401 Sep 2026
Kinetic Youth Ltd 7 €750,548 Sep 2026
Fareport Training Organisation Limited 7 €44,953 Aug 2026
QA LIMITED 6 €2.0M Sep 2026

Based on 429 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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Market context

open now in Education & training
1,390
median open notice
€288,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Education & training

different companies won awards here
315
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
122

Based on 429 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

Change history

Every time an official source republished this notice with different content. We watch every source we index, including regional copies of the same notice.

  1. Title
    Was: Framework Agreement for Provision of Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds...
    Now: Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys
    Status
    Was: Open
    Now: Upcoming
    Scope and criteria
    The description was expanded. Re-read it before you bid.
  2. Title
    Was: Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds in Powys
    Now: Framework Agreement for Provision of Welsh Government Childcare for 2 year olds...
    Status
    Was: Upcoming
    Now: Open
    Scope and criteria
    The description was shortened. Re-read it before you bid.

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