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title: "Royal Hospital for Children Money and Debt Advice Service"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000846421"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
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buyer: "NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde"
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# Royal Hospital for Children Money and Debt Advice Service

Buyer: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000846421

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## Summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is seeking a provider for a money and debt advice service based at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. It will support families whose child is in hospital, regularly attends outpatient appointments, or whose diagnosis, caring responsibilities or inpatient stay makes community services difficult to access. The service is intended to help families experiencing financial difficulties maximise income, reduce household spending and debt, and ease money worries. Delivery is aimed at families across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and throughout Scotland. The provider will work alongside the hospital’s Family Support and Information Service, supporting referrals in both directions, and coordinate access and promotion with health improvement teams and acute health services. It will also refer families to relevant partner and voluntary-sector organisations.

The buyer invited offers through an open procedure. The procurement is for one service lot. The submission deadline set by the buyer was 23 November 2026 at 13:00 UTC. The contract is for 12 months, with an option to extend for four further periods of 12 months each. The estimated value is £250,000. The published eligibility requirements include a current ratio above 0.99 and a net profit margin of zero or higher; charities are exempt from the net profit margin question. Tenderers must evidence employer’s liability and public liability insurance of £5 million for any one incident or series of related incidents in a year, or agree to put this cover in place before the contract starts. They must provide two years of accounts when requested. The buyer also requires proposed community benefits or engagement with the NHS Scotland Community Benefits Gateway.

This opportunity is suited to organisations with practical expertise in money and debt advice for families facing financial pressure, and the ability to work sensitively around children’s hospital care, outpatient visits and caring responsibilities. Providers need to reach vulnerable families, promote access to the service with health teams, manage referrals with the hospital’s Family Support and Information Service, and connect clients with relevant voluntary-sector and partner organisations across Scotland. The service calls for effective collaboration within a hospital setting as well as a wider regional network. Bidders should be able to demonstrate adequate financial standing and maintain the required employer’s and public liability insurance. The buyer also expects a clear contribution to community benefits, either through proposals for delivery under the contract or engagement with the NHS Scotland gateway.

## Notice

The service will operate from the RHC and target families whose child is in hospital or who are regularly attending outpatients at the RHC or are unable to access community services due to their child's diagnosis/condition/caring responsibilities or inpatient stay, and as such deliver to families within NHSGGC and throughout Scotland. It will aim to support families experiencing financial issues to maximise income, reduce household expenditure and debt alleviate money worries.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The service will operate from the RHC and target families whose child is in hospital or who are regularly attending outpatients at the RHC or are unable to access community services due to their child's diagnosis/condition/caring responsibilities or inpatient stay, and as such deliver to families within NHSGGC and throughout Scotland. It will aim to support families experiencing financial issues to maximise income, reduce household expenditure and debt alleviate money worries. The service is co-located with the Family Support and Information Service (FSIS) within the RHC and the relationship between the two services is crucial both in the referral of vulnerable families from the FSIS to the Money Advice Service but also from the service to FSIS. Access to, and promotion of, the service will be facilitated by the successful bidder, together with Health Improvement Teams to Acute Health Services. Consideration on how best to target groups who are most vulnerable is required, in discussion with NHSGGC. The Service onward refers to relevant partner organisations and wider voluntary sector organisations that work with NHSGGC to support families.. Contract duration is for 12 months with the option to extend for 4 x 12 month periods

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567248 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Nov 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000 |
| Lots value | £250,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G4 0SF |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Dennistoun |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85000000 - Health and social work services

## Release History

- 23 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Tender - OJEU - F21 - Social And other Specific Services (Public Contracts) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567248

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT567248
  Royal Hospital for Children Money and Debt Advice Service - The service will operate from the RHC and target families whose child is in hospital or who are regularly attending outpatients at the RHC or are unable to access community services due to their child's diagnosis/condition/caring responsibilities or inpatient stay, and as such deliver to families within NHSGGC and throughout Scotland. It will aim to support families experiencing financial issues to maximise income, reduce household expenditure and debt alleviate money worries.

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nhsggc.scot/about-us/procurement/
- http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000846421
- https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/
- https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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