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title: "Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire"
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# Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire

Buyer: SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000755070

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## Summary

South Lanarkshire Council has commissioned an "Intensive Family Support Service" aimed at families with young people aged 12 to 18 years. The service is aimed at supporting children currently in residential care settings to return safely to their communities and preventing at-risk youth from being accommodated. The procurement follows an open procedure, with the award contract valued at GBP 633,464 signed on 6th January 2025. The service will operate in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, under the General public services industry category. The procurement has moved through the planning, tender, and award stages, with the contract currently active.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in social and community services, particularly those with experience in family support, crisis intervention, and residential care. Companies operating in the General public services sector and familiar with intensive support for young people will find this contract highly relevant. The Council emphasises quality service delivery, stakeholder collaboration, staff management, and community benefits, providing an excellent prospect for qualified businesses to enhance their portfolio and contribute to meaningful social impact.

## Notice

South Lanarkshire Council (the Council) are looking to commission an Intensive Family Support Service that will support families with young people aged 12 to 18 years. The service will be delivered to children currently in residential care settings such as residential schools, internal and external children's houses and foster placements to support children to return to their communities in a safe way. This will involve intensive work with identified young people, to actively work with key stake holders and families to return young people appropriate for their needs to their families or alternative community options. Also, to work intensively to prevent young people aged between 12 - 18 years of age at risk of becoming accommodated. This will involve intensive crisis intervention in a preventative way with young people at risk of accommodation or accommodated on an emergency basis for an intensive rehabilitation to the family home.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The procurement will be conducted via the Open Tendering procedure and the ITT will be published in Public Contract Scotland Tender.. Quality Award criteria listed below: Service model and organisational structure Experience Implementation Plan Service Delivery Staff training and promotion of good practice (include staff management) Referrals/timescales/outputs Partnership working Quality assurance Data Sharing Fair Work First Community Benefits Sustainability

Renewal: The Contract will be for an initial 3 year period (including a 3 month implementation period) with a Council only option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance, financial standing and available funding.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN521819 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 27 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Award date | 6 Jan 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | September 2029 |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,155,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £633,464 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | HAMILTON |
| Post town | Motherwell |
| Postcode | ML3 0AA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |
| Local authority | South Lanarkshire |
| Electoral ward | Hamilton North and East |
| Westminster constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley |
| Delivery location | TLM95 South Lanarkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACTION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

## Release History

- 15 Jan 2025 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN521819
- 25 Apr 2024 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503898
- 12 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496334

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=JAN496334&idx=1
  12th January 2024 - Market Engagement Questionnaire
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496334
  Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire - South Lanarkshire Council (the Council) are looking to commission an Intensive Family Support Service that will support families with young people aged 12 to 18 years. The service will be delivered to children currently in residential care settings such as residential schools, internal and external children's houses and foster placements to support children to return to their communities in a safe way. This will involve intensive work with identified young people, to actively work with key stake holders and families to return young people appropriate for their needs to their families or alternative community options. Also, to work intensively to prevent young people aged between 12 - 18 years of age at risk of becoming accommodated. This will involve intensive crisis intervention in a preventative way with young people at risk of accommodation or accommodated on an emergency basis for an intensive rehabilitation to the family home. Further information on this service can be found in the Market Engagement Questionnaire attached.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR503898
  Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire - South Lanarkshire Council (the Council) are looking to commission an Intensive Family Support Service that will support families with young people aged 12 to 18 years. The service will be delivered to children currently in residential care settings such as residential schools, internal and external children's houses and foster placements to support children to return to their communities in a safe way. This will involve intensive work with identified young people, to actively work with key stake holders and families to return young people appropriate for their needs to their families or alternative community options. Also, to work intensively to prevent young people aged between 12 - 18 years of age at risk of becoming accommodated. This will involve intensive crisis intervention in a preventative way with young people at risk of accommodation or accommodated on an emergency basis for an intensive rehabilitation to the family home.
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN521819
  Intensive Family Support Service in South Lanarkshire - South Lanarkshire Council (the Council) are looking to commission an Intensive Family Support Service that will support families with young people aged 12 to 18 years. The service will be delivered to children currently in residential care settings such as residential schools, internal and external children's houses and foster placements to support children to return to their communities in a safe way. This will involve intensive work with identified young people, to actively work with key stake holders and families to return young people appropriate for their needs to their families or alternative community options. Also, to work intensively to prevent young people aged between 12 - 18 years of age at risk of becoming accommodated. This will involve intensive crisis intervention in a preventative way with young people at risk of accommodation or accommodated on an emergency basis for an intensive rehabilitation to the family home.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000755070
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk

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