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Secure Care Services

Scotland Excel

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29 Sep 2026 at 01:00

OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
Summary of the contracting process

Scotland Excel procured secure care services: secure accommodation for children and young people in Scotland. The work is the provision of residential secure-care places for young people who require this specialist form of accommodation. Delivery is across various locations throughout Scotland. Scotland Excel is the buying organisation and central purchasing body. The procurement description says providers must hold authorisations or memberships required by law to provide these services in Scotland. The requirement is therefore for organisations able to deliver secure accommodation within the Scottish legal and regulatory framework, rather than general children’s residential care. Three providers were selected for this service: Kibble Education and Care Centre, Rossie Young Peoples Trust and The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Scotland Excel used a negotiated procedure with identified providers, without prior publication of a competition notice. It relates to one service lot. The evaluation approach was negotiation with providers of secure accommodation for children and young people who held the legally required authorisations or memberships; the procedure was developed under the relevant Scottish regulations. The contract was signed on 30 March 2026 and has a recorded value of £250.4 million. The award went to Kibble Education and Care Centre, Rossie Young Peoples Trust and The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton. The contract period is not stated in the published process information. Four bids were recorded, all from small and medium-sized enterprises, and all were submitted electronically.

For a supplier considering this market when the requirement next returns, the evidence points to a specialist children’s secure-accommodation service delivered at multiple locations across Scotland, rather than a general care contract. Credible providers need to be able to accommodate children and young people securely and hold the authorisations or memberships required by law in Scotland. The buyer used negotiated engagement with identified, eligible providers, so experience and the ability to meet those legal conditions are central to competing. Three providers were selected, showing that delivery was shared across several organisations. The recorded contract value indicates a substantial, multi-provider service requirement. Scotland Excel’s description also allows for additional providers to be admitted during the procurement term after completing admission, negotiation and evaluation, which makes the ability to satisfy those requirements relevant beyond the initial selection.

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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.. For details about this procurement see ITT 57486 (Project 27565) on the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender website.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000828770
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565519
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts)
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

85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£250,400,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Sep 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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
Scotland Excel
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PAISLEY
Postcode
PA1 1AR
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Kibble Education and Care Centre

Rossie Young People's Trust

Good Shepherd Centre

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565519
    Secure Care Services - 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.

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