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title: "North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel - Social Care Framework Spend 2025-2026"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000840928"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "North Ayrshire Council"
published: "2026-09-07"
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# North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel - Social Care Framework Spend 2025-2026

Buyer: North Ayrshire Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000840928

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## Summary

North Ayrshire Council bought social care services and technology-enabled care goods through Scotland Excel social care frameworks. The requirement covers adult care homes; residential care for children; fostering; residential rehabilitation for alcohol and drug services; secure care; social care agency workers; and technology-enabled care goods. Delivery is associated with North Ayrshire, with services supplied by providers across Scotland and elsewhere in the UK. The council is the buying organisation. The work combines accommodation-based care, fostering placements, rehabilitation and secure provision for vulnerable people, temporary or agency care staffing, and equipment or technology supporting care delivery. The relevant classification is CPV 75110000, covering administration of government services.

This is a completed, awarded procurement using an open procedure through established social care frameworks. The contract was signed on 1 April 2023 and is active. The cumulative spend period covered 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, with an awarded contract value of £10,201,516. Category values were £152,383 for adult care homes, £7,685,686 for children’s residential care, £314,033 for fostering, £166,746 for residential rehabilitation, £1,190,464 for secure care, £565,977 for social care agency workers and £126,277 for technology-enabled care goods. Thirty-two bids were recorded, all submitted electronically and all classified as SME bids. Thirty suppliers were awarded across the requirement, including providers in each service category.

This procurement demonstrates substantial demand from North Ayrshire Council for specialist care provision and related support. Suppliers well placed for comparable work would have operational capability in one or more of the defined areas: registered adult or children’s residential care, fostering, secure care, residential rehabilitation for alcohol and drug services, social care staffing, or technology-enabled care equipment. Credibility would depend on the ability to support vulnerable people safely, maintain suitable care facilities or placement networks, provide qualified agency personnel, or supply and support care technology. The award attracted 32 bids, all recorded as SME bids, showing that smaller specialist organisations can compete alongside larger care groups. Providers should understand framework-based purchasing and be able to deliver reliably at council scale.

## Notice

North Ayrshire Council are publishing this annual cumulative Award Notice to reflect the spend against Scotland Excel Social Care Frameworks for the period commencing 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, as listed below. This Contract Notice does not include any individual call-offs (mini-competitions or direct awards) above 50,000 GBP for supplies and services or 2,000,000 GBP for works for which an Award Notice would have been published at the time of award. 2122 Care Homes For Adults, Active Adult Limited T/A Moorpark 1121 Childrens Residential, Adfern Limited, Aspris Scotland Limited, Care Visions Group Limited, Common Thread Limited, Compass Child and Family Services, Harmeny Education Trust Ltd, Inspire Scotland Ltd, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Moore House School Limited, Orchard Cottage Care Ltd, Partners in Care Limited T/A Pebbles, Pheonix Abbey Ltd, Scottish Autism, Spark Of Genius (Training) Ltd, St Phillips School Plains 1020 Fostering, Action For Children, Barnardo's, Fostering Relations Limited, Fosterplus (Fostercare) Ltd 0123 Residential Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drugs Services, Abbeycare (UK) Limited, Pheonix House, Ram 225 Limited, The Jericho Benedictine Society 0219 Secure Care, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Rossie Young People trust (Rossie Secure Accomodation Services), St Mary's Kenmure, The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton 1721 Social Care Agency Workers, Florence Staffing Ltd, Independent Clinical Services Limited T/A Scottish Nursing Guild 0622 Technology Enabled Care Goods, Cair (UK) Ltd, Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited (T/A Turnstall Electronics)

### Lot Information

Lot 1

2122 152,383.00 GBP 1121 7,685,686.00 GBP 1020 314,033.00 GBP 0123 166,746.00 GBP 0219 1,190,464.00 GBP 1721 565,977.00 GBP 0622 126,277.00 GBP

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563959 |
| 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 | 7 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 | £10,201,516 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | North Ayrshire Council |
| Locality | IRVINE |
| Postcode area | Kilmarnock |
| Postcode | KA12 8EE |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM9 Southern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire |
| Local authority | North Ayrshire |
| Electoral ward | Irvine South |
| Westminster constituency | Central Ayrshire |
| Delivery location | TLM93 North Ayrshire and East Ayrshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 30 |
| Supplier names | Ardfern School; Aspris (Troup House) Limited; Care Visions Group Limited; Harmeny Education Trust Limited; Inspire Scotland Ltd; Kibble Education and Care Centre; Orchard Cottage Care Ltd; Phoenix Abbey; Scottish Autism; Spark of Genius; St Philip's School Plains; Barnardo's; Fosterplus Scotland; Active Adult Limited; Common Thread Ltd; Compass Child & Family Services; Partners in Care; Moore House School Ltd; Action for Children; Abbeycare (UK) Limited; RAM 225 Limited; The Jericho Benedictine Society; Rossie Young People's Trust; St Mary's Kenmure; Good Shepherd Centre, Bishopton (GSC); Fostering Relations; FLORENCE STAFFING LTD; Scottish Nursing Guild; CAIR (UK) Ltd; Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75110000 - General public services

## Release History

- 7 Sep 2026 at 01:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563959

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP563959
  North Ayrshire Council, Annual Cumulative Award Notice, Scotland Excel - Social Care Framework Spend 2025-2026 - North Ayrshire Council are publishing this annual cumulative Award Notice to reflect the spend against Scotland Excel Social Care Frameworks for the period commencing 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026, as listed below. This Contract Notice does not include any individual call-offs (mini-competitions or direct awards) above 50,000 GBP for supplies and services or 2,000,000 GBP for works for which an Award Notice would have been published at the time of award. 2122 Care Homes For Adults, Active Adult Limited T/A Moorpark 1121 Childrens Residential, Adfern Limited, Aspris Scotland Limited, Care Visions Group Limited, Common Thread Limited, Compass Child and Family Services, Harmeny Education Trust Ltd, Inspire Scotland Ltd, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Moore House School Limited, Orchard Cottage Care Ltd, Partners in Care Limited T/A Pebbles, Pheonix Abbey Ltd, Scottish Autism, Spark Of Genius (Training) Ltd, St Phillips School Plains 1020 Fostering, Action For Children, Barnardo's, Fostering Relations Limited, Fosterplus (Fostercare) Ltd 0123 Residential Rehabilitation Alcohol and Drugs Services, Abbeycare (UK) Limited, Pheonix House, Ram 225 Limited, The Jericho Benedictine Society 0219 Secure Care, Kibble Education & Care Centre, Rossie Young People trust (Rossie Secure Accomodation Services), St Mary's Kenmure, The Good Shepherd Centre Bishopton 1721 Social Care Agency Workers, Florence Staffing Ltd, Independent Clinical Services Limited T/A Scottish Nursing Guild 0622 Technology Enabled Care Goods, Cair (UK) Ltd, Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Limited (T/A Turnstall Electronics)

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000840928

## Provenance

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