# CP1439-17 Children Centre Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Devon County Council](/buyers/devon-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Action for Children](/contract-winners/action-for-children/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £29,535,000
- Tender value: £29,535,000
- Award date: 22 December 2017
- Published: 25 January 2018
- Contract start: 1 April 2018
- Contract end: 31 March 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 2aef0ebd-4b1e-42df-b673-6f0433b44c2d-193639
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-75104bca-f451-4f3b-bce4-2a1a814aac78

## Description

Commissioners are seeking to put in place a contract to deliver the Children's Centre services to meet theneeds of targeted families across the administrative area of Devon County Council\. The service will be alignedto the four Children and Families Partnership's areas of; • Exeter • Mid and East Devon • South Devon • Northern Devon Children's Centre Services are the key delivery mechanism for the local authority to meet its statutory dutiesreferenced in the Childcare Act 2006, and Working Together 2015\. They are an integral part of how the LocalAuthority carries out the duties set out in the Acts above to improve the well-being of young children and reduceinequalities between them The Current service is principally a universal service for families with children aged four and under through thelife of this contract the service will move to providing predominantly targeted Early Help support for families withchildren aged eight years and under\. Additional information: Bidders are invited to a launch event for this opportunity to familiarise bidders with the tenderdocumentation and process on the 07\.07\.2017 in Exeter Devon\. Interested bidders should emailgemma\.cockerham@devon\.gov\.uk this email address must only be used to arrange attendance at this event\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2aef0ebd-4b1e-42df-b673-6f0433b44c2d-193639)