Official UK procurement notice
Advocacy Services for Looked After Children, Children with a Disability, Children in Child Protection Process
Authority: East Renfrewshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Renfrewshire Council on behalf of the Health & Social Care Partnership has now awarded to a suitably qualified provider for the Provision of Children Advocacy Services.
East Renfrewshire's Health and Social Care Partnership has an ongoing requirement to provide an independent professional advocacy service for children and young people who are or have been looked after including referrals relating to children involved in the Child Protection process, those with a learning or any other disability and young carers.
CPV: Health and social work services · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1East Renfrewshire Council on behalf of the Health & Social Care Partnership has now…AwardedRenewalPublished value£230,224
East Renfrewshire Council on behalf of the Health & Social Care Partnership has now awarded to a suitably qualified provider for the Provision of Children's Advocacy Services.
The main priority for this tender is for all Looked After Children and Young People including those who:
- Have or are experiencing poor mental health
- Have a learning disability
- Are involved in the Child Protection process
- Are identified as young carers
- Advocacy for younger children
- Advocacy for children transitioning to adult services
The Advocacy model will include:
- One to One Advocacy
- Non-instructed Advocacy
- Reporting on areas of good practice and weakness in relation to the HSCP and related services
- A visible presence within the boundaries of East Renfrewshire
- Representation at Participation and Engagement opportunities within East Renfrewshire to consider group advocacy issues Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Case Study: 20
- Service Provision: 20
- Staff Development and Support: 20
- Quality Standards for Advocacy: 20
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work First & Living Wage: 5
- price: 30
- Carbon Footprint: 5
Published award criteria (8)
- Case Study: 20
- Service Provision: 20
- Staff Development and Support: 20
- Quality Standards for Advocacy: 20
- Community Benefits: 10
- Fair Work First & Living Wage: 5
- Carbon Footprint: 5
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Due to the nature of the services it is mandatory that all of the successful provider’s staff or staffs of a sub-contractor(s) hold Disclosure Scotland PVG memberships.
Bidders must confirm if they hold the particular memberships.
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders will be required to have a minimum yearly “specific” turnover of 115,112.00 GBP for the last 2 years in the business area covered by the contract
The Council reserves the right at its own discretion to seek information from the applicant in accordance with Regulation 61(7) or Regulation 61(8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to determine the Applicant’s economic and financial standing.
East Renfrewshire Council requires to ensure that the economic operator has the necessary economic and financial capacity to perform and complete the contract. In the current difficult economic environment, the Council seeks to ensure that the contractor who undertakes the works has suitable financial strength and capacity to complete these goods, works or services.
Where an economic operator wishes to be considered for selection under this contract but cannot meet the turnover and/or Credit Safe score of 30 that economic operator must provide financial information which will satisfy the Council that they have an equivalent level of economic and financial standing; and must provide related guarantees or formal assurances to support their right to participate and be considered for any contract award (Regulation 61(8)). Please note that any financial information disclosed should evidence the financial strength of the economic operator tendering, therefore additional supporting information will need to be provided where joint or group accounts are provided in support of…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 19 Feb 2026, 10:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jun 2026, 14:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 23 Mar 2026 – …
- Authority reference
ERC000650- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-055767- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Contract performance conditions provided within the tender documents and as detailed within PCS-Tender.
Publisher note: Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Prompt Payment-The successful tenderer shall, as a condition of being awarded the contract, be required to demonstrate to the council's satisfaction that all funds due to the tenderer's permitted sub-contractors in respect of these services are paid timeously and that as a minimum invoices rendered by subcontractors shall(unless formally disputed by the tenderer)be paid within 30 days of receipt. The successful tenderer shall also impose this condition on its subcontractors in respect of payments due to any sub-sub-contractors, if any. The Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. Failure to supply the information within timeframe requested may result in your bid being rejected & the Council proceeding with the procurement exercise to the next appropriate bidder. Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the Tender documents. Applicants must ensure they read in line with this contract notice. Bidders who intend to use a supply chain to deliver the requirements detailed in the Contract Notice, must confirm they have (or have access to) the relevant supply chain management and tracking systems to ensure a resilient and sustainable supply chain. Bidders must provide a response at SPD Q4.C.4 and this will include confirmation that they have the systems in place to pay subcontractors through the supply chain promptly and effectively, and provide evidence when requested of: a) their standard payment terms. b) ≥95% of all supply chain invoices being paid on time (in accordance with the terms of contract) in the last financial year. Bidders unable to confirm (b) must provide an improvement plan, signed by their Director, which improves payment performance. It should be noted that where a bidder is unable to confirm or provide a satisfactory improvement plan the Council reserves the right to remove you from the process. Bidders are required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract. Bidders who intend to subcontract more than 25% to any individual organisation must ensure the SPD (Scotland) - Subcontractors Supplier Response is completed and uploaded at question 2C.1 of the qualification envelope. (SC Ref:834583)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
23 Mar 2026 → 12 Jun 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline217 days ago23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened217 days ago23 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published136 days ago12 Jun 2026, 14:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete12 Jun 2026, 14:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who Cares? ScotlandSME | £224,720 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 055767-2026-ERC000650-1 · Who Cares? ScotlandSME
- Signed
- 8 Jun 2026
- Value
- £224,720
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Paisley Shariff Court and Justice of the PeaceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Who Cares? ScotlandAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria