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Child Counselling in Education Establishments

Glasgow City Council

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07 Mar 2025 at 00:00

OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Glasgow City Council, in collaboration with West Dunbartonshire Council, has completed the awarding stage of a public procurement for "Child Counselling in Education Establishments". This contract, aimed at improving mental health services for children and young people, falls under the "General public services" industry category. The services to be provided include one-to-one counselling, play therapy, and art therapy within primary and secondary schools across Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire. The framework agreement was awarded on 18th February 2025, with the procurement method being an open procedure, ensuring transparency and competitiveness.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses with expertise in delivering counselling and therapeutic services to children. SMEs such as Lifelink, With Kids, and Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd have already been successful in securing various lots within this contract, highlighting the potential for smaller firms to compete effectively. Companies specialising in child therapy, mental health services, and evidence-based interventions will find this contract particularly beneficial for growth, providing a platform to demonstrate their impact and expand their service reach within the educational sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Child Counselling in Education Establishments

Notice Description

Glasgow City Council invited tender bids to be part of a framework from suppliers with experience in delivering Counselling Services and other evidence based interventions to pupils aged 5-18 years within all mainstream primary and secondary schools across Glasgow and in secondary schools in West Dunbartonshire. The provider(s) must: - Improve children and young people's mental health and be outcome focussed; - Provide easy access to the service evidenced by referral numbers, accepted numbers and waiting times for intervention; - Ensure children and young people receive the support they need in a structured way, working through a programme of care including outcome measures, goal-based outcomes and children's plans, - Ensure children and young people are receiving the right help at the right time, - Foster strong relationship-based Interventions and care plans for children and young people, - Ensure children and young people and carers are well informed of available supports and services and can access the supports with marketing information regarding the service being provided in appropriate formats and media via school setting. The provider(s) must be able to provide the following management information during the contract: - A set of case studies and quotes report based on qualitative data from actual referrals, - A termly update report which provides a top line overview of programme activities and outcomes, - End of year evaluation report, assessing the counselling outcomes and wider impact.

Lot Information

One to One Counselling - Primary Schools

Access to Counselling service (one to one) for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 Primary schools within Glasgow in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4

Play Therapy - Primary Schools

Access to Play therapy for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 mainstream primary schools in Glasgow in line with the information detailed in in section II.1.4.

Art Therapy - Primary Schools

Access to Art Therapy for Primary 1-7 pupils across the 141 mainstream primary schools in Glasgow in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4

Secondary Schools - Counselling Services

Access to Counselling services for pupils within 30 mainstream secondary schools in Glasgow and in secondary schools in West Dunbartonshire in line with the information detailed in section II.1.4

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000792460
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525493
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
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

85312320 - Counselling services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,220,001 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Mar 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Glasgow City Council
Additional Buyers

West Dunbartonshire 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
DUMBARTON
Postcode
G2 1DU
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM82 Glasgow City
Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd

Lifelink

With Kids

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR525493
    Child Counselling in Education Establishments - Glasgow City Council invited tender bids to be part of a framework from suppliers with experience in delivering Counselling Services and other evidence based interventions to pupils aged 5-18 years within all mainstream primary and secondary schools across Glasgow and in secondary schools in West Dunbartonshire. The provider(s) must: - Improve children and young people's mental health and be outcome focussed; - Provide easy access to the service evidenced by referral numbers, accepted numbers and waiting times for intervention; - Ensure children and young people receive the support they need in a structured way, working through a programme of care including outcome measures, goal-based outcomes and children's plans, - Ensure children and young people are receiving the right help at the right time, - Foster strong relationship-based Interventions and care plans for children and young people, - Ensure children and young people and carers are well informed of available supports and services and can access the supports with marketing information regarding the service being provided in appropriate formats and media via school setting. The provider(s) must be able to provide the following management information during the contract: - A set of case studies and quotes report based on qualitative data from actual referrals, - A termly update report which provides a top line overview of programme activities and outcomes, - End of year evaluation report, assessing the counselling outcomes and wider impact.

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