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# 01963 - Youth Work Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/01963-youth-work-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040afc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Prison Service: "01963 - Youth Work Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Nov 2023, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Prison Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-prison-service-GB-FTS-68977)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 November 2023 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Counselling services, Guidance and counselling services, Youth education services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,783,302 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/01963-youth-work-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040afc#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040afc`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/01963-youth-work-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040afc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/01963-youth-work-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040afc#participate

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85312300, 85312320
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** 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 ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 005415-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Kinetic Youth**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105444`
  - Value: £594,434 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 010242-2026-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Kinetic Youth**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-105444`
  - Value: £1,188,868 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 010242-2026-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,188,868
  - Signed Date: 29/01/2024

- **Contract:** 005415-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £594,434
  - Signed Date: 22/12/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010242-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-05T08:56:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:30:00.868Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040afc