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title: "Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000838326"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Scottish Borders Council"
published: "2026-08-06"
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# Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services

Buyer: Scottish Borders Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000838326

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## Summary

Scottish Borders Council procured children's residential care and education services, including short-break provision, through the Scotland Excel framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services. This is a public service requirement covering regulated residential care, education and respite support for children and young people. The buying organisation is Scottish Borders Council, a local authority serving the Scottish Borders. Delivery is associated with the Scottish Borders area, including the council's headquarters in Newtown St Boswells. The procurement is classified as residential care services (CPV 85310000), with related classifications covering social work, child welfare, education and health services. The requirement was delivered through a collaborative framework rather than as a standalone service contract.

This procurement has been awarded and the resulting contract is active. Scottish Borders Council used an open procedure to call off from the Scotland Excel framework. The contract was signed on 1 April 2026 and covers the 12-month period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, representing actual regulated call-off spend. Awards were made separately to Applied Care & Development (£737,080.75), Aspris (Troup House) Limited (£240,678.76), Camphill Schools Ltd (£98,760.32), Care Visions Group Limited (£362,927.44), Common Thread Limited (£686,667.35), Harmeny Education Trust Limited (£2,013,484.31), Hillside School (Aberdour) Ltd (£1,073,300.51), Falkland House School (£254,801.01), Inspire Scotland Ltd (£484,380.54), Kibble Education & Care Centre (£2,562,225.41), Moore House Care & Education (£501,249.45), Royal Blind & Scottish War Blinded (£461,042.72), Spark of Genius (Training) LTD (£530,352.22) and Starley Hall School Limited (£219,625.47). The recorded contract value is £10,226,576.26. Fourteen bids were received, including nine from SMEs; price and quality weightings did not apply to this cumulative-spend award.

For a supplier that did not win this award, the procurement demonstrates substantial recurring demand from Scottish Borders Council for regulated children's residential care, education and short-break services. The awarded supplier group includes both large organisations and SMEs, showing that the requirement can support providers with different operating scales, provided they can deliver specialist care and education consistently. A credible competitor would need established residential provision, the ability to support children and young people with care and educational needs, and capacity to provide short-break services across the Scottish Borders. Experience of working through a collaborative public-sector framework is commercially relevant, as is the operational resilience to manage call-off demand alongside safeguarding, service quality and continuity requirements. The range of successful providers also indicates that specialist rather than purely general social-care capability is important.

## Notice

This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Cumulative spend from the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).. The Award Criteria and the price and quality weightings do not apply when publishing the cumulative spend incurred at Scottish Borders Council from this collaborative Framework.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561779 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £10,226,576 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Scottish Borders Council |
| Locality | NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS |
| Postcode area | Galashiels |
| Postcode | TD6 0SA |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM91 Scottish Borders |
| Local authority | Scottish Borders |
| Electoral ward | Selkirkshire |
| Westminster constituency | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Delivery location | TLM91 Scottish Borders |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 14 |
| Supplier names | Applied Care & Development; Aspris (Troup House) Limited; Camphill Schools Ltd; Care Visions Group Limited; Common Thread Limited; Falkland House School; Harmeny Education Trust Limited; Hillside School (Aberdour) Ltd; Inspire Scotland Ltd; Kibble Education & Care Centre; Moore House Care & Education; Royal Blind & Scottish War Blinded; Spark of Genius (Training) LTD; Starley Hall School Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services
- 85310000 - Social work services
- 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation
- 85311300 - Welfare services for children and young people
- 85320000 - Social services

## Release History

- 6 Aug 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561779

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG561779
  Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services - This notice reflects the actual value of regulated call-off spend against the Scotland Excel Framework for Children's Residential Care and Education, including Short Break, Services (1121) by Scottish Borders Council during the 12 month period (1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026).

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.scotborders.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000838326

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