Notice Information
Notice Title
School Counselling Service
Notice Description
Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is appointing an external Service Provider who is experienced and appropriately qualified to deliver a School Counselling Service for children and young people aged 10 years and over (up to and including young people aged 18 years). This procurement is being carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 under the "Light Touch Regime".
Lot Information
Lot 1
Scottish Borders Council (the Council) is appointing an external Service Provider who is experienced and appropriately qualified to deliver a School Counselling Service for children and young people aged 10 years and over (up to and including young people aged 18 years). This procurement is being carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 under the "Light Touch Regime".
Renewal: There is the option to review and extend on a 3-x rolling 12-month contract basis until 31st March 2031. Extension of the contract beyond the initial contract term will be dependent on achieving satisfactory performance against the KPIs, subject to continued funding being available and positive evaluation.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04eca5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032303-2025
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £893,333 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurement@scotborders.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1835824000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS
- Postcode
- TD6 0SA
- Post Town
- Galashiels
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM9 Southern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM91 Scottish Borders
- Delivery Location
- TLM91 Scottish Borders
-
- Local Authority
- Scottish Borders
- Electoral Ward
- Selkirkshire
- Westminster Constituency
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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