Official UK procurement notice
Early Help & Family Support
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs part of the Scottish Government's Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) intend to establish a single supplier contract to provide a service for early help and take a preventative approach to providing support to families across North Lanarkshire who need it.
- How the procedure runs: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/446/part/2/chapter/3/crossheading/social-and-other-specific-services
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£4,080,000
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).
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Shortlisting
- As stated in the procurement documents.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Oct 2023, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 14:59 BST
- Authority reference
NLC-CPT-23-041- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-080908- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040f43Find a Tender
- How it runs
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the SheriffCourt or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:841125)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Nov 2023 → 25 Aug 2026 · 2 dates- Submission deadline23 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published59 days ago25 Aug 2026, 14:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 4 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Mar 2024, 10:27 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2023-10: 1 release · 26 Oct 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnardo's | £4,080,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Barnardo's | £5,562,400 † | — | Awarded |
| Barnardo's | £5,562,400 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007965-2024-1 · Barnardo's
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2024
- Value
- £4,080,000
- Status
- active
Early Help & Family Support · Barnardo's
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2024
- Value
- £5,562,400
- Status
- active
- Change The modification increases the maximum value from 4,080,000 GBP to 5,562,400 GBP., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: A change of Contractor at this stage would result in significant inconvenience and disruption to service delivery. Given that the service is a partnership of local providers, who have built and developed the support in line with each community in North Lanarkshire, and they are currently at a capacity which allows them to work with families within 48 hours of referral, the Service is confident that there would be no other service positioned immediately to fulfil this.
Early Help & Family Support · Barnardo's
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2024
- Value
- £5,562,400
- Status
- active
- Change This modification notice is correcting a mistake of the previous modification notice for the same contract. The first modification notice only detailed the change in contract value, but did not mention the change in contract term. The modification increases the maximum value from 4,080,000 GBP to 5,562,400 GBP, and also the contract term from 36 months to 48 months (new full duration of contract: 01/04/2024-31/03/2028)., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: A change of Contractor at this stage would result in significant inconvenience and disruption to service delivery. Given that the service is a partnership of local providers, who have built and developed the support in line with each community in North Lanarkshire, and they are currently at a capacity which allows them to work with families within 48 hours of referral, the Service is confident that there would be no other service positioned immediately to fulfil this.
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
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Barnardo'sAwarded supplier
- Barnardo'sAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.