# CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES TO SUPPORT LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO DELIVER 30 HOURS FREE CHILDCARE PLACES FOR WORKING PARENTS IN ENGLAND

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Childcare Works
- Award value: £3,000,000
- Tender value: £3,000,000
- Award date: 16 September 2016
- Published: 28 April 2017
- Contract start: 10 October 2016
- Contract end: 9 October 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: dfb3c63d-1d01-4279-8be6-0e9e4191d865-144440
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fd96e47d-baba-476f-b0ad-19e50891de16

## Description

The Contractor has agreed to provide support to local authorities \(LAs\) to deliver 30 hours free childcare for working parents which will include but is not limited to; monitoring and supporting the early implementers ensuring key learning and messages are disseminated to and from the department, a universal and targeted approach to help LAs deal with their sufficiency challenges, support to help providers remain sustainable and generic support to LAs with the continued expansion of the early learning for two year olds programme, flexibility and SEND on the terms and conditions set out in this Contract Additional information: Childcare Works is a consortium consisting of Mott Macdonald, Hempsall's and Action For Children\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dfb3c63d-1d01-4279-8be6-0e9e4191d865-144440)