# 22097 Cambridgeshire County Council Childminding Support

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Cambridgeshire County Council](/buyers/cambridgeshire-county-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years
- Award value: £450,000
- Tender value: £450,000
- Award date: 19 March 2024
- Published: 17 April 2024
- Contract start: 21 April 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f75355b2-b4ed-4e07-938c-30ec986fd1b3-741707
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b919b8fc-3162-4423-b545-713f0607c17a

## Description

Quality improvement support and continuing professional development for childminders, including new childminders\.\\r \\r To enable the support and development of childminders in Cambridgeshire, the Council is commissioning a service to provide the following:\\r • Advice, support and training for childminders on registration and prior to initial Ofsted visit\\r • Support, advice and challenge for childminders to deliver high quality Early Years Foundation Stage provision in line with Ofsted Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements\\r • Generic support for Cambridgeshire childminders, as directed by the Early Years, Childcare and School Readiness Service\.\\r • Collaborative working to support safeguarding, SEND and Equalities and the DfE EY expansion and wraparound projects\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f75355b2-b4ed-4e07-938c-30ec986fd1b3-741707)