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Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services

Scottish Borders Council

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06 Aug 2026 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Borders Council procured children's residential care and education services, including short-break provision, through the Scotland Excel framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services. This is a public service requirement covering regulated residential care, education and respite support for children and young people. The buying organisation is Scottish Borders Council, a local authority serving the Scottish Borders. Delivery is associated with the Scottish Borders area, including the council's headquarters in Newtown St Boswells. The procurement is classified as residential care services (CPV 85310000), with related classifications covering social work, child welfare, education and health services. The requirement was delivered through a collaborative framework rather than as a standalone service contract.

This procurement has been awarded and the resulting contract is active. Scottish Borders Council used an open procedure to call off from the Scotland Excel framework. The contract was signed on 1 April 2026 and covers the 12-month period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, representing actual regulated call-off spend. Awards were made separately to Applied Care & Development (£737,080.75), Aspris (Troup House) Limited (£240,678.76), Camphill Schools Ltd (£98,760.32), Care Visions Group Limited (£362,927.44), Common Thread Limited (£686,667.35), Harmeny Education Trust Limited (£2,013,484.31), Hillside School (Aberdour) Ltd (£1,073,300.51), Falkland House School (£254,801.01), Inspire Scotland Ltd (£484,380.54), Kibble Education & Care Centre (£2,562,225.41), Moore House Care & Education (£501,249.45), Royal Blind & Scottish War Blinded (£461,042.72), Spark of Genius (Training) LTD (£530,352.22) and Starley Hall School Limited (£219,625.47). The recorded contract value is £10,226,576.26. Fourteen bids were received, including nine from SMEs; price and quality weightings did not apply to this cumulative-spend award.

For a supplier that did not win this award, the procurement demonstrates substantial recurring demand from Scottish Borders Council for regulated children's residential care, education and short-break services. The awarded supplier group includes both large organisations and SMEs, showing that the requirement can support providers with different operating scales, provided they can deliver specialist care and education consistently. A credible competitor would need established residential provision, the ability to support children and young people with care and educational needs, and capacity to provide short-break services across the Scottish Borders. Experience of working through a collaborative public-sector framework is commercially relevant, as is the operational resilience to manage call-off demand alongside safeguarding, service quality and continuity requirements. The range of successful providers also indicates that specialist rather than purely general social-care capability is important.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services

Notice Description

This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).

Lot Information

Lot 1

Cumulative spend from the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).. The Award Criteria and the price and quality weightings do not apply when publishing the cumulative spend incurred at Scottish Borders Council from this collaborative Framework.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000838326
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561779
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85000000 - Health and social work services

85310000 - Social work services

85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

85320000 - Social services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£10,226,576 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Apr 20264 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
Scottish Borders Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS
Postcode
TD6 0SA
Postcode Area
Galashiels
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM9 Southern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Delivery Location
TLM91 Scottish Borders
Local Authority
Scottish Borders
Electoral Ward
Selkirkshire
Westminster Constituency
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
14
Supplier Names

Applied Care & Development

Aspris (Troup House) Limited

Camphill Schools Ltd

Care Visions Group Limited

Common Thread Limited

Falkland House School

Harmeny Education Trust Limited

Hillside School (Aberdour) Ltd

Inspire Scotland Ltd

Kibble Education & Care Centre

Moore House Care & Education

Royal Blind & Scottish War Blinded

Spark of Genius (Training) LTD

Starley Hall School Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561779
    Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services - This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).

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