Notice Information
Notice Title
Secure Care Services
Notice Description
Negotiated procedure for the provision of Secure Care (secure accommodation) Services. See II.2.4 (below) for a description of the procurement. To provide these Services in Scotland in accordance with the Law, providers must hold specific authorisations or memberships. For further details of the required authorisations or memberships, see III.2) Conditions related to the contract.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This exercise relates to the use of the negotiated procedure with identified providers of secure accommodation for children and young people in Scotland who hold the necessary authorisations or memberships required in Law (as detailed in III.2). Notwithstanding that Regulation 75(2) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") applies to this exercise, Scotland Excel has elected, voluntarily, to place this notice for reasons of transparency. The negotiated procedure has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76(8) of the Regulations. Additional information: Tenderers should refer to documents available on PCS_T - Project_27565 / ITT_57486
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f92c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/084404-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Procedure involving negotiations
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- £250,400,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 Dec 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Feb 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- 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
- SCOTLAND EXCEL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- socialcare@scotland-excel.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3003001200
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PAISLEY
- Postcode
- PA1 1AR
- 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
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Electoral Ward
- Paisley East and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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