Notice Information
Notice Title
Birth Parent Support
Notice Description
North Lanarkshire Council are seeking to procure independent support for birth parents who no longer have care of their children both in the short and the long term. The need for support is broad reaching, from unresolved grief, impact on mental and physical health, social challenges such as housing, isolation, stigma and feelings of shame, addiction and affecting relationships with others.
Lot Information
Lot 1
North Lanarkshire Council are seeking to procure independent support for birth parents who no longer have care of their children both in the short and the long term. The need for support is broad reaching, from unresolved grief, impact on mental and physical health, social challenges such as housing, isolation, stigma and feelings of shame, addiction and affecting relationships with others.
Procurement Information
There is currently no council structure to offer this service from within the council and no other service positioned to deliver the support required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000801961
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN532755
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £178,580 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 May 20259 months 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
- NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Shona Dunsmore
- Contact Email
- contractstrategy@northlan.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 3451430015
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MOTHERWELL
- Postcode
- ML1 1AB
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM84 North Lanarkshire
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- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
- Westminster Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN532755
Birth Parent Support - North Lanarkshire Council are seeking to procure independent support for birth parents who no longer have care of their children both in the short and the long term. The need for support is broad reaching, from unresolved grief, impact on mental and physical health, social challenges such as housing, isolation, stigma and feelings of shame, addiction and affecting relationships with others.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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