Early Education & Flying Start Childcare Commissioning

Descriptions

Denbighshire County Council will shortly be seeking providers to deliver the childcare elements of both the Flying Start Programme and the Early Education Foundation Phase. Following a review of our arrangements for providing these services, we have decided that recommissioning them will be the best way to ensure quality services, parental choice, fair access to funding and value for money. We will advertise tenders for these contracts in January 2019.Childcare providers who are interested in bidding must be registered with CIW and must comply with the requirements of the Flying Start programme and Early Education (further details will be included in the tender documents when they are published in January). All bidders will be rated against ITERS, ECERS or FCCERS as is relevant to the services you provide. We will be looking for settings who are able to deliver services through the medium of the Welsh language as well as settings delivering in English.In connection with this tender, we would like to invite you to attend one of a series of Early Help Childcare Commissioning Events. These will provide an opportunity to engage with the commissioning process prior the advertisement of tenders. The events will be held as detailed below:- Mon 12th Nov, 4-6pm – Prestatyn (Ysgol Penmorfa)- Tue 13th Nov, 4-6pm – Ruthin & Dee Valley (Ysgol Brynhyfryd)- Wed 14th Nov, 4-6pm – Rhyl (Council Chamber, Russell House)- Thu 15th Nov, 4-6pm – Denbigh & A55 Corridor (Ysgol Glan Clwyd)Shortly, you will be able to register your attendance at www.eventbrite.com