Official UK procurement notice
01963 - Youth Work Services
Authority: Scottish Prison Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Priosn Service (SPS) requires a Supplier to deliver Youth Work Services to HMYOI Polmont. The Supplier shall utilise specific and proven approaches to deliver youth work services, which take account of the specific needs of young people in custody and focus on the individual young person in assessing those needs.
The Supplier shall be required to provide interventions and activities that will aid the personal development and life skills of the young person and to help young people believe they can have significant control of their lives both within, and more particularly outwith, a prison environment.
Finally, the Contract will provide knowledge and professional skills transfer to specific SPS staff who will be undertaking formal youth work qualifications. There will as part of the contract be ad-hoc provision of this service in other SPS establishments through its estate.
CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Youth education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of…AwardedRenewal
The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Tender (ITT) including the Single Procurement Document (SPD) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 11 Oct 2023, 11:54 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Feb 2026, 08:56 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Nov 2023 – …
- Authority reference
01963- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010242- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040afcFind a Tender
Publisher note: (SC Ref:822796)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 60 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 13 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
13 Nov 2023 → 5 Feb 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline13 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened13 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published259 days ago5 Feb 2026, 08:56 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete19 Feb 2024, 15:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinetic Youth | £594,434 † | — | Awarded |
| Kinetic Youth | £1,188,868 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010242-2026-1 · Kinetic Youth
- Signed
- 29 Jan 2024
- Value
- £1,188,868
- Status
- active
Contract 005415-2024-1 · Kinetic Youth
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2023
- Value
- £594,434
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Kinetic YouthAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria