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title: "Secure Care Services"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000828770"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scotland Excel"
published: "2026-09-29"
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# Secure Care Services

Buyer: Scotland Excel  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000828770

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## Summary

Scotland Excel procured secure care services: secure accommodation for children and young people in Scotland. The work is the provision of residential secure-care places for young people who require this specialist form of accommodation. Delivery is across various locations throughout Scotland. Scotland Excel is the buying organisation and central purchasing body. The procurement description says providers must hold authorisations or memberships required by law to provide these services in Scotland. The requirement is therefore for organisations able to deliver secure accommodation within the Scottish legal and regulatory framework, rather than general children’s residential care. Three providers were selected for this service: Kibble Education and Care Centre, Rossie Young Peoples Trust and The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. Scotland Excel used a negotiated procedure with identified providers, without prior publication of a competition notice. It relates to one service lot. The evaluation approach was negotiation with providers of secure accommodation for children and young people who held the legally required authorisations or memberships; the procedure was developed under the relevant Scottish regulations. The contract was signed on 30 March 2026 and has a recorded value of £250.4 million. The award went to Kibble Education and Care Centre, Rossie Young Peoples Trust and The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton. The contract period is not stated in the published process information. Four bids were recorded, all from small and medium-sized enterprises, and all were submitted electronically.

For a supplier considering this market when the requirement next returns, the evidence points to a specialist children’s secure-accommodation service delivered at multiple locations across Scotland, rather than a general care contract. Credible providers need to be able to accommodate children and young people securely and hold the authorisations or memberships required by law in Scotland. The buyer used negotiated engagement with identified, eligible providers, so experience and the ability to meet those legal conditions are central to competing. Three providers were selected, showing that delivery was shared across several organisations. The recorded contract value indicates a substantial, multi-provider service requirement. Scotland Excel’s description also allows for additional providers to be admitted during the procurement term after completing admission, negotiation and evaluation, which makes the ability to satisfy those requirements relevant beyond the initial selection.

## Notice

Negotiated procedure for the provision of Secure Care (secure accommodation) Services. See II.2.4 (below) for a description of the procurement. To provide these Services in Scotland in accordance with the Law, providers must hold specific authorisations or memberships. For further details of the required authorisations or memberships, see III.2) Conditions related to the contract.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This exercise relates to the use of the negotiated procedure with identified providers of secure accommodation for children and young people in Scotland who hold the necessary authorisations or memberships required in Law (as detailed in III.2). Notwithstanding that Regulation 75(2) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") applies to this exercise, Scotland Excel has elected, voluntarily, to place this notice for reasons of transparency. The negotiated procedure has been developed in accordance with Regulation 76(8) of the Regulations.. For details about this procurement see ITT 57486 (Project 27565) on the Public Contracts Scotland - Tender website.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565519 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) |
| 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 | 29 Sep 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 | £250,400,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scotland Excel |
| Locality | PAISLEY |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA1 1AR |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Renfrewshire |
| Electoral ward | Paisley East and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 3 |
| Supplier names | Kibble Education and Care Centre; Rossie Young People's Trust; Good Shepherd Centre |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people

## Release History

- 29 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565519

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565519
  Secure Care Services - Negotiated procedure for the provision of Secure Care (secure accommodation) Services. See II.2.4 (below) for a description of the procurement. To provide these Services in Scotland in accordance with the Law, providers must hold specific authorisations or memberships. For further details of the required authorisations or memberships, see III.2) Conditions related to the contract.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotland-excel.org.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000828770

## Provenance

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