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title: "Supported Living Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078bc8"
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buyer: "Argyll and Bute Council"
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# Supported Living Services

Buyer: Argyll and Bute Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078bc8

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## Summary

Argyll and Bute Council commissioned supported living and related care services for adults with complex care needs in Argyll and Bute. The service is intended for adults with learning or intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental conditions, complex mental health conditions or other lifelong health conditions. Support includes care at home, personal care and housing support, alongside help to build life skills, improve wellbeing and social inclusion, and access community activities, education, training and paid work. The approach is to promote independence and enable people to participate in wider community life, with or without support. The Council is seeking a group of providers to deliver these services across the area, rather than a single provider for a defined type of support.

The procurement has been awarded to six providers: Key Community Supports, Mariner Support Associates Ltd, Scottish Autism, Affinity Trust, Cornerstone Community Care and Care No1 Ltd trading as The No1 Care Agency. The contracts are recorded as signed on 20 October 2026, with a two-year term stated for the arrangement. Each of the six contracts records a value of £1; these are separate contract figures and are not a combined value. The Council used a limited procedure without prior publication of a competition. It said direct awards to existing providers were appropriate to maintain continuity and quality for service users, and that the providers must meet its pre-qualification requirements. The service is organised as one lot. The published description sets out service aims rather than a scored evaluation basis.

This requirement suits care providers able to support adults with complex and varied needs in their homes and communities, including people with learning disabilities, neurodevelopmental conditions, complex mental health needs or lifelong health conditions. Credible providers need to deliver personal care and housing support while helping people build independence, life skills and confidence, and take part in community activities, education, training and paid employment. The Council places importance on continuity and quality, and uses pre-qualification to identify providers for its resource of qualified suppliers. That resource can include providers who meet the requirements, so organisations should be prepared to demonstrate their qualifications and ability to deliver reliable, person-centred support. The requirement is for multiple providers and covers a range of support needs across Argyll and Bute, making relevant service capacity and local delivery capability important.

## Notice

The Council has a requirement to enter into contract with a number of care Providers for the provision of Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs For the purpose of this contract Complex Care may include: Adults living with a Learning/Intellectual Disability; Adults living with a Neurodevelopmental conditions; Adults living with a spectrum of complex Mental Health conditions; Adults living with other lifelong health conditions

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council has a requirement to enter into contract with a number of care Providers for the provision of Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs For the purpose of this contract Complex Care may include: Adults living with a Learning/Intellectual Disability; Adults living with a Neurodevelopmental conditions; Adults living with a spectrum of complex Mental Health conditions; Adults living with other lifelong health conditions The models of support being deployed reflect the national policy of promoting independence and responsibility, enabling people to feel safe, improving health, wellbeing and social inclusion, improving skills and confidence. This will be achieved through supporting adults with Complex Care needs to have a say, listening, respecting and responding to them in a reliable and positive way, by helping them develop life skills and by providing opportunities to access a range of activities that promote this. Supported Living services not only include care and support at home, personal care and housing support services but include as key features; improving community involvement, access to education, training and paid employment opportunities. The Provider must demonstrate that individuals spend a significant part of their time with people who do not have Complex Care needs or are paid carers i.e. access to services in the wider community, the same as anyone else would do, either with or without support, thus enabling individuals to lead a full life. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

### Procurement Information

The contract concerns services subject to the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. In accordance with Regulation 76, the Council has determined the procedure to be applied having regard to the specific nature of the services and the needs of service users, including the importance of continuity and quality of service. The Council considers direct awards to existing providers appropriate and proportionate to maintain continuity for existing service users and support the achievement of their individual outcomes. Providers must satisfy the Council's pre-qualification requirements and will form part of its resource of qualified providers. The resource remains open to new providers who meet those requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098976-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| 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 | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Argyll and Bute Council |
| Locality | LOCHGILPHEAD |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA31 8RT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Electoral ward | Mid Argyll |
| Westminster constituency | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber |
| Delivery location | TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 6 |
| Supplier names | Key Community Supports; Mariner Support Associates Ltd; Scottish Autism; Affinity Trust; Cornerstone; Care No1 Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 12:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098976-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846079
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00063

## Provenance

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