Notice Information
Notice Title
Access to Counselling in Schools
Notice Description
Children's Services is seeking a provider to deliver counselling services to improve the mental health and wellbeing and emotional resilience of children and young people who are negatively affected or are at risk of being affected by poor mental health. This will be a universal counselling service accessible to children and young people in primary, secondary and ASN schools from Primary 1 to S6, predominantly delivered in a school setting. Counsellor(s) (1.0 - 3.0 FTE counsellors per school depending on school roll) will be required in each of Renfrewshire's 11 secondary schools and 1 ASN school to work with secondary school young people. In addition, a team of counsellors should be available to provide peripatetic counselling services across 50 primary schools, 1 ASN school and to parents/carers where appropriate. It is expected that the provider will be flexible and responsive to local need as appropriate.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Tender Procedure was conducted in accordance with an above Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) Threshold Open Tender procedure relating to a Services Contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03a398
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020075-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,247,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jul 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Mar 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Jul 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- shona.brydson@renfrewshire.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3003000300
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PAISLEY
- Postcode
- PA1 1JB
- Post Town
- Paisley
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
-
- Local Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Electoral Ward
- Paisley East and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Further Information
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