Official UK procurement notice
Children's Disability Short Breaks (Highland)
Authority: The Highland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionShort Break Care within the family home to include Waking Night Support, Sleeping Night and Day Support. Support to and from activities within the community. Help to support/maintain and/or establish/implement routine. Meet any additional specific requirements of the Child’s Individual Action Plan as per their Child’s Plan. The service is to be delivered across the Highland region.
- Recurrence: Spring 2028
CPV: Health and social work services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 20 suppliers · 3 bids received (0.1 per place) · 3 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The importance of recognising the family as the critical infrastructure for the…AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
The importance of recognising the family as the critical infrastructure for the wellbeing and development of children in society is at the heart of the Families 1st strategy. A happy life for children involves a loving family within a broader system of friendships, community networks and universal services. Families will get the right help, at the right time, by the right people. Families 1st is set within the national policy landscape of UN Convention on Rights of a Child (UNCRC), The Promise, underpinned by strong Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) roots in Highland. Support from out with the family network should be available when needed for as long as it is needed.
Section 23 of The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 introduced a legal framework for assessment, services and support to children with disabilities, children affected by disability and their families. The Act states that “Services for these children should be designed to minimise the adverse effects of disability and to enable them to lead lives which are as normal as possible. Specific provisions relating to children with or affected by disability do not stand alone”.
The service being tendered is Short Break Care within the family home to include Waking Night Support, Sleeping Night and Day Support. Support to and from activities within the community. Help to support/maintain and/or establish/implement routine. Meet any additional specific requirements of the Child’s Individual Action Plan as per their Child’s Plan.
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: 90
- Price: 10
- Suitability
Bidders must confirm that they are appropriately registered with the Care Inspectorate for the services required.
Bidders will be required to provide examples that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services as described.
- Economic & financial standing
1.The Council shall obtain a Creditsafe credit check and will score bidders accordingly:
71 - 100 Very Low Risk – Accept
51 - 70 Low Risk - Accept
30 - 50 Moderate Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject.
21-29 High Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject.
1-20 Very High Risk – Reject.
*The following applies if no credit check can be undertaken:
- Please state current turnover (if contract value is over 50% of reported turnover, further discussion will be had internally with the option
to reject).
- If you are under no obligation to publish accounts on Companies House and/or do not have a comprehensive credit rating then provide
audited financial accounts for the previous two years. Both quick and current ratios should be a minimum of 1:1.5 for the two successive
years. Bidders whose ratios do not meet the minimum criteria will be rejected. Bidders who can provide audited accounts but chose not to
do so shall be rejected.
- Bidders who have been trading for less than one year and cannot provide audited accounts must submit the cash flow for the current year
and a letter from the bank outlining the current cash and credit position for the current year and subsequent year. This will be subject to
internal discussion with the option to reject.
- If bidder still does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for
consideration where the…
Minimum: It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Employer’s Liability Insurance = GBP10m Public Liability Insurance = GBP5m
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Children's Disability Short Breaks (Highland)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 20 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Spring 2028
- First published
- 7 Jul 2025, 12:46 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Oct 2025, 13:31 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Aug 2025 – …
- Authority reference
HSCC23- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065180- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0559daFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Details of reviewing perfomance are contained in the tender documentation.
Publisher note: Tender will be uploaded onto PCST during week commencing 7th July 2025. (SC Ref:813038)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
13 Aug 2025 → 14 Oct 2025 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened13 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Notice published374 days ago14 Oct 2025, 13:31 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Oct 2025, 13:31 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £400,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Contract 065180-2025-HSCC23 (A-nd)-1
- Signed
- 8 Oct 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 065180-2025-HSCC23 (Carr Gomm)-2
- Signed
- 2 Oct 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 065180-2025-HSCC23 (Newcross)-3
- Signed
- 30 Sept 2025
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Inverness Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- Autism & Neurodiversity North ScotlandFramework contractor
- Carr GommFramework contractor
- Newcross Healthcare Solutions LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria