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title: "Supported Living Services"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000846170"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Argyll and Bute Council"
published: "2026-10-20"
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# Supported Living Services

Buyer: Argyll and Bute Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000846170

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## Summary

Argyll and Bute Council commissioned supported living services for adults with complex care needs across Argyll and Bute. Support covers adults with learning or intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental conditions, complex mental health conditions and other lifelong health conditions. Services include care and personal care at home, housing support, and help to build life skills, confidence and independence. Providers are expected to support community involvement and access to education, training, paid employment and wider activities, helping people participate in community life alongside people who are not receiving care. This is social care service provision rather than a one-off supply of goods or construction work.

The procurement is complete and contracts are active. Argyll and Bute Council selected Carr Gomm and ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way) for the same lot. The contracts were signed on 20 October 2026, with a reported value of £1 for each contract; these figures do not indicate the full service value. The Council used a procedure without a prior competition, citing continuity and quality for existing service users and the needs of the services. It made direct awards to existing providers that met its pre-qualification requirements, within a qualified-provider resource. The procurement was structured as one lot and as a framework agreement. Providers could be excluded under the stated statutory grounds. The Council’s description says the provider resource remains open to new providers that meet its qualification requirements.

This award shows demand from Argyll and Bute Council for ongoing, person-centred supported living for adults with complex needs, combining care at home and housing support with practical help to participate in community life. Suppliers seeking to compete when this requirement returns will need to demonstrate they can deliver reliable, positive support that respects individual preferences and helps people develop life skills, independence and confidence. Credible providers will also need to enable access to community activities, education, training and paid employment, including opportunities to spend time with people beyond care staff and other service users. The route used favoured continuity with existing providers and required pre-qualification, so relevant experience delivering complex social care and the ability to meet the Council’s qualification requirements will matter.

## Notice

The Council has a requirement to enter into contract with a number of care Providers for the provision of Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs For the purpose of this contract Complex Care may include: Adults living with a Learning/Intellectual Disability; Adults living with a Neurodevelopmental conditions; Adults living with a spectrum of complex Mental Health conditions; Adults living with other lifelong health conditions

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Council has a requirement to enter into contract with a number of care Providers for the provision of Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs For the purpose of this contract Complex Care may include: Adults living with a Learning/Intellectual Disability; Adults living with a Neurodevelopmental conditions; Adults living with a spectrum of complex Mental Health conditions; Adults living with other lifelong health conditions The models of support being deployed reflect the national policy of promoting independence and responsibility, enabling people to feel safe, improving health, wellbeing and social inclusion, improving skills and confidence. This will be achieved through supporting adults with Complex Care needs to have a say, listening, respecting and responding to them in a reliable and positive way, by helping them develop life skills and by providing opportunities to access a range of activities that promote this. Supported Living services not only include care and support at home, personal care and housing support services but include as key features; improving community involvement, access to education, training and paid employment opportunities. The Provider must demonstrate that individuals spend a significant part of their time with people who do not have Complex Care needs or are paid carers i.e. access to services in the wider community, the same as anyone else would do, either with or without support, thus enabling individuals to lead a full life.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

### Procurement Information

The contract concerns services subject to the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. In accordance with Regulation 76, the Council has determined the procedure to be applied having regard to the specific nature of the services and the needs of service users, including the importance of continuity and quality of service. The Council considers direct awards to existing providers appropriate and proportionate to maintain continuity for existing service users and support the achievement of their individual outcomes. Providers must satisfy the Council's pre-qualification requirements and will form part of its resource of qualified providers. The resource remains open to new providers who meet those requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567015 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 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 | £1 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Argyll and Bute Council |
| Locality | LOCHGILPHEAD |
| Postcode area | Paisley |
| Postcode | PA31 8RT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM2 Highlands and Islands |
| ITL 3 | TLM20 Highlands and Islands |
| Local authority | Argyll and Bute |
| Electoral ward | Mid Argyll |
| Westminster constituency | Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber |
| Delivery location | TLM63 Lochaber, Skye and Lochalsh, Arran and Cumbrae, and Argyll and Bute, TLM81 East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, and Helensburgh and Lomond |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | Carr Gomm; ENABLE Scotland (leading the Way) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85300000 - Social work and related services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F15 - Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567015

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567015
  Supported Living Services - The Council has a requirement to enter into contract with a number of care Providers for the provision of Supported Living Services for Adults living with Complex Care needs For the purpose of this contract Complex Care may include: Adults living with a Learning/Intellectual Disability; Adults living with a Neurodevelopmental conditions; Adults living with a spectrum of complex Mental Health conditions; Adults living with other lifelong health conditions

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846170

## Provenance

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