TCS8224 Early Years Funding Software
Details
- Buyer
- Torbay Council
- Supplier(s)
- The Access Group
- Value
- £75,179
- Duration
- 2 years
- Published
- 3 September 2025
- Source
- uk:procontracts
Tender description
Continuation of the Early Years Funding Software. The system is for administering funding claims and associated processes, for children attending a funded place in a childcare provider in the local area. It is a vital tool for the service and will be used to administer funding payments totalling around £5m annually. The Council’s early years’ block of the DSG is also reliant on the information within the system through the annual census process. Keywords: Software, Early Years
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 December 2024
- Completed: Award published3 September 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date30 November 2026in 2 months
About the buyer
Torbay Council is the local authority for Torbay, and its commercial services team manages procurement across the council. Every tender is advertised on Supplying the South West, the council's e-tendering platform for formal requirements. Suppliers register free on the platform to receive automatic notification of new opportunities. Contracts above the regulatory threshold are also openly advertised through Find a Tender. Framework call-offs, dynamic purchasing systems and direct award to a fellow contracting authority offer further routes to a contract. Smaller-value work is quoted directly, with at least three suppliers invited and two of them based in Torbay.
UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).
Over the past 5 years, most of Torbay Council's contract awards have been in construction work, business services and health and social work.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@torbay-council.gov |
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