Notice Information
Notice Title
Diversionary Services for children at risk of Criminal Exploitation
Notice Description
The City of Edinburgh Council (The Council) is seeking to appoint a Provider to deliver a contract for the provision of diversionary services for children and young people at risk of criminal exploitation around Edinburgh and the Lothians. Please see the attached documents for further information.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Following the PIN that was posted in December 2025, this service will be procured via an open procedure. Additional information: The fixed funding budget for the service is GBP267,322 annually for 3 years (with the possibility of a 2 year extension and a then a further extension of 1 year).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f382
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022648-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85300000 - Social work and related services
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,603,932 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 2 Feb 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH8 8BG
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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