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title: "National transfer Scheme- accommodation and support unaccompanied Asylum seeking Children"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000755189"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL"
published: "2024-01-15"
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# National transfer Scheme- accommodation and support unaccompanied Asylum seeking Children

Buyer: WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000755189

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## Summary

The West Lothian Council has awarded a contract for the "National Transfer Scheme- accommodation and support unaccompanied Asylum seeking Children" to Rock Trust. The Council utilised a limited procurement method, with a direct award procedure without prior publication. The total contract value is GBP180,003, approved by the Council Executive on 12 December 2023. The contract covers services for the safe transfer of unaccompanied children in the UK, with a one-year initial term and potential extensions.

This tender represents an opportunity for businesses, especially SMEs in the services sector, to engage with public procurement. The urgent nature of the procurement allowed for a direct award, without a call for competition, due to extreme urgency considerations. Businesses offering supported accommodation services, particularly for young people with difficult backgrounds, would find this tender suitable. The contract was awarded to the Rock Trust, a specialist provider in this area.

## Notice

The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) protocol for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) has been established to enable the safe transfer of unaccompanied children in the UK. A direct award to the Rock Trust to allow West Lothian Council to participate in scheme

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) protocol for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) has been established to enable the safe transfer of unaccompanied children in the UK. With an urgent requirement for service provision and recognising that there is insufficient time to undertake tendering activity, a direct award has been made to the Rock Trust for a period of one year with the potential to extend for two periods of up to 12 months duration. This will ensure instant access to sought after accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. The Rock Trust is a specialist provider of supported accommodation for young people, in particular those young people who have had difficult or chaotic backgrounds.. There is no Price/Quality evaluation as a direct award was made to the Rock Trust

### Procurement Information

Public procurement legislation and Contract Standing Orders require advertising of contracts for supplies and services of GBP50,000 and above. The aggregated contract value including previous expenditure over the past 12 months is GBP180,003. With aggregated expenditure in excess of the level whereby the Head of Corporate Services is permitted to authorise Council Executive is, as permitted by Section 6A of Contract Standing Orders approved a direct award of a contract to the Rock Trust for a period of 1 year with two possible 1 year extensions with a total estimated value of GBP180,003. Council Executive approved the direct award at meeting of 12 December 2023.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496431 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Jan 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £18,003 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST LOTHIAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | LIVINGSTON |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH54 6FF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM14 West Lothian |
| Local authority | West Lothian |
| Electoral ward | Livingston South |
| Westminster constituency | Livingston |
| Delivery location | TLM78 West Lothian |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROCK TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 15 Jan 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496431

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN496431
  National transfer Scheme- accommodation and support unaccompanied Asylum seeking Children - The National Transfer Scheme (NTS) protocol for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) has been established to enable the safe transfer of unaccompanied children in the UK. A direct award to the Rock Trust to allow West Lothian Council to participate in scheme

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000755189
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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