--- title: "Nutrition Services for People in the Justice Service" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL" published: "2023-03-24" --- # Nutrition Services for People in the Justice Service Buyer: THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117.json) ## Summary The City of Edinburgh Council is planning a tender for Nutrition Services for People in the Justice Service. This procurement process aims to provide support to vulnerable women in the justice system with nutrition and wellbeing, helping prevent them from falling into food poverty. The service will be located in Edinburgh, UK, with the main procurement category being services. The tender, with the title "Nutrition Services for People in the Justice Service," is at the planning stage as of the document's date of 2023-03-24. The planned procurement documents include details about the service requirements, support for women's health and nutrition, and the delivery location. This tender for Nutrition Services presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in nutrition, wellbeing, and support services to compete. Companies with experience in providing tailored support to vulnerable groups, particularly women in need, are well-suited to participate. The City of Edinburgh Council's initiative focuses on ending poverty through improved nutrition and wellbeing outcomes. Businesses interested in this tender should be prepared to deliver both group and one-on-one support, employ qualified nutritionists, and contribute to the council's Business Plan Priorities related to ending poverty. ## Notice The requirement is to procure a service that provides support to vulnerable women in the justice system with nutrition and wellbeing and prevent them falling into food poverty. The Women's Justice Service in Edinburgh provides a range of support to women in the justice system tailored to meet their needs. This may include support with mental health, substance use, physical health and wellbeing. The service shall work with the Women's Justice Team Leader and her team to support women to increase their awareness of a healthy balanced diet, to access affordable food, and to gain confidence in food preparation and cooking. The service shall provide both 1:1 and group support to women at the Women's Justice Centre. The requirement is needed as many women in the justice system lack the skills and confidence to take care of their health and nutrition, and to perform cooking tasks which has a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. The service shall employ qualified nutritionists to deliver a flexible, specialist service and support the 'ending poverty' outcome as set out in the Council's Business Plan Priorities. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The service will assist women to be self-sufficient and acquire cooking skills to support them to stay out of food poverty, cooking healthy meals with minimal equipment and on a budget. The service provider will deliver the service in a supportive nurturing environment in which women are encouraged to develop healthy eating habits which in turn improves their wellbeing. Specific deliverables include, Staff member to be employed for 21 hours per week to deliver the contract: 100 group nutrition sessions 50 1 to 1 nutrition sessions Kitchen/store cupboard essentials starter packs x 10 (approx. 100 GBP each) Basic contract value 15,000 GBP per annum. This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is not an invitation to tender. The purpose of this PIN is to test the market and allow organisations with appropriate experience to register their interest without commitment to themselves or the City of Edinburgh Council. Notes of interest should be made no later than 7th April 2023. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR474587 | | Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Mar 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 1 Jun 2023 | | 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 | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL | | Locality | EDINBURGH | | Post town | Edinburgh | | Postcode | EH8 8BG | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh | | Local authority | City of Edinburgh | | Electoral ward | City Centre | | Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | | Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 24 Mar 2023 at 00:00 - Planning - PCS Notice - Website Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR474587 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=MAR474587&idx=1 24th March 2023 - PIN Nutrition Service additional information - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR474587 Nutrition Services for People in the Justice Service - The requirement is to procure a service that provides support to vulnerable women in the justice system with nutrition and wellbeing and prevent them falling into food poverty. The Women's Justice Service in Edinburgh provides a range of support to women in the justice system tailored to meet their needs. This may include support with mental health, substance use, physical health and wellbeing. The service shall work with the Women's Justice Team Leader and her team to support women to increase their awareness of a healthy balanced diet, to access affordable food, and to gain confidence in food preparation and cooking. The service shall provide both 1:1 and group support to women at the Women's Justice Centre. The requirement is needed as many women in the justice system lack the skills and confidence to take care of their health and nutrition, and to perform cooking tasks which has a detrimental impact on their health and wellbeing. The service shall employ qualified nutritionists to deliver a flexible, specialist service and support the 'ending poverty' outcome as set out in the Council's Business Plan Priorities. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=727117 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000727117.json.