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Published 4 Jul 2025, 09:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

C002134 - Delivery of an educational programme in Psychoanalytic theory, child development, infant and child observation, and reflective practice for perinatal, infant, child, adolescent and family work.

Official notice

Authority: NHS Education for Scotland (NHS & healthcare)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£110,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Aug 2025awarded 20 Aug 2025
Awarded to Human Development Scotland

What is being bought

Published requirement description

NES are seeking to commission the delivery of an educational programme to Postgraduate Diploma level informed by Psychoanalytic theory, with a focus on infant and child observation, reflective practice and work discussion for therapeutic working with infants, children and young people.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1NES are seeking to commission the delivery of an educational programme toAwardedRenewal

NES are seeking to commission the delivery of an educational programme to

Postgraduate Diploma level informed by Psychoanalytic theory, with a focus on infant and child observation, reflective practice and work discussion for therapeutic working with infants, children and young people. Additional information: Contract value is estimated and based on the maximum number of cohorts/trainees over the lifetime of the contract (including all extensions).

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: Contract duration of 24 months with the option of extending for a further 2 cohorts of 24 months each.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Commercial: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 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
4 Jul 2025, 09:56 BST
Last source update
1 Sept 2025, 08:58 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Aug 2025 – …
Authority reference
C002134
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052648
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0558ce Find a Tender

Publisher note: Contract value is estimated and based on the maximum number of potential cohorts/trainees over the lifetime of the contract (including all extensions). (SC Ref:808736)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Aug 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    4 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Sept 2025, 08:58 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Sept 2025, 08:58 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £110,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 20 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Human Development ScotlandSME£110,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Education for Scotland

Contracting authorityNHS & healthcareBody governed by public lawHealth 2nd Floor, Westport, 102 Westport, EDINBURGH, Scotland, EH3 9DNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Human Development ScotlandAwarded supplier 4th Floor South Suite, Victoria Chambers, 142 West Nile Street, Glasgow, UK, G1 2RQContact phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria